Minimize GC memory footprint

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On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 13:30:03 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:

> Okay, its still seeing something is alive then.

That's why I used the scope guard. I know it shouldn't have any 
effect but I want to give the GC an extra hint ;)

> I've compiled and ran it under ldc. Dmd in 32bit mode is 
> certainly doing something that the GC doesn't appreciate. I can 
> reproduce it with -m32mscoff as well. So yeah dmd specific all 
> right.

The sad story never ends.

But seriously are there no runtime tests before releasing the 
next DMD? The GC is a main feature of D and such things give a 
bad impression.