Clear memory, terminate worker

[noeRls]

Hi,

Is there a way to free the memory used by stockfish when we're done using it?

Here is what I tried:

const worker = window['Stockfish']({ wasmBinary });
// some logic
worker.postMessage('stop');
worker = undefined;

Thanks !

[jshriver]

Not sure if this will help, but as someone who's worked on front ends using UCI directly I would use 'uci' or better 'ucinewgame' that is supposed to force the engine to free all memory for the new game. Good luck!

[niklasf]

Unfortunately, no. ucinewgame clears hashtables amongst other things, but does not deallocate them.