.. highlightlang:: us

.. _gc:

gc
==

.. index:: gc

.. us.tag  gc NOTREADYENGLISH New410

:ref:`gc` invokes the garbage-collector.

.. function::  n = gc()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*n* is the number of destroyed objects.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-programming`

:sub:`id-1923981`