4.43.1 Garbage collection
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      • Built-in Predicates
        • Memory Management
          • Garbage collection
            • garbage_collect/0
            • garbage_collect_atoms/0
            • garbage_collect_clauses/0
            • set_prolog_gc_thread/1
            • trim_stacks/0
            • set_prolog_stack/2
            • prolog_stack_property/2
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garbage_collect_atoms
Reclaim unused atoms. Normally invoked after agc_margin (a Prolog flag) atoms have been created. On multithreaded versions the actual collection is delayed until there are no threads performing normal garbage collection. In this case garbage_collect_atoms/0 returns immediately. Note that there is no guarantee it will ever happen, as there may always be threads performing garbage collection.