Tried it in the last latest image and if I execute before #garbageCollect I just get 4 instances.

Smalltalk garbageCollect.

RubTextLine allInstances size "4"

Now indeed if I browse the same class in nautilus I get a much smaller number of��RubTextLine instances

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess@gmail.com> wrote:

Open fresh image 50536
Open Spotter,

enable preview (cmd+p)

search for EllipseMorph

dive in instance-methods

scroll through the list one item after another.

open playground

evaluate
RubTextLine allInstances size. "553896"

case 17421 is related to this, but does not fully solves this.

please review and comment on that fix,

so we can integrate this soon.

The problem sometimes remains even with this fix. The memory
(instance count of RubTextLine) just grows in the background