I've been looking at devcenter.heroku.com/articles/node-memory-use and it is recommended to use the --optimize_for_size option to avoid memory leak. What is it for, and do I need to use it?
The start parameter trims V8 to use certain optimizations which favor memory size over execution speed. It may prevent some memory leaks but it is not a safe bet and should not trigger any developer caring less about leaky loops or misuse of Promises/Async&Await.
I have never used this parameter on a Desktop environment; I prefer speed :-)
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The start parameter trims V8 to use certain optimizations which favor memory size over execution speed. It may prevent some memory leaks but it is not a safe bet and should not trigger any developer caring less about leaky loops or misuse of Promises/Async&Await.
I have never used this parameter on a Desktop environment; I prefer speed :-)