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@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ JIT::
* Default value of +--jit-min-calls+ is changed from 5 to 10,000
+GC::
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+ * New `GC.compact` method for compacting the heap.
+ This function compacts live objects in the heap so that fewer pages may
+ be used, and the heap may be more CoW friendly. [Feature #15626]
+
+ Details on the algorithm and caveats can be found here:
+ https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15626
+
=== Miscellaneous changes
* Require compilers to support C99 [Misc #15347]