the internal garbage collector now collects more garbage

README.md

@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ builder_mt:destruction_policy :: id -> builder
 
 ## vX.X.X
 
-- Nothing yet, stay tuned!
+- The internal garbage collector now collects more garbage
 
 ## v1.2.0
 

ROADMAP.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 - Improve the performance of required fragments by caching first-level required chunks.
 - Improve the performance of builders that are used multiple times by caching hint chunks.
 - Queries can cache major chunks to avoid finding them every time.
-- Add a function to shrink storages to free unused memory.
 - observers and events
 - add INDEX fragment trait
 - use compact prefix-tree for chunks

evolved.lua

@@ -5922,6 +5922,35 @@ function __evolved_collect_garbage()
         __release_table(__table_pool_tag.chunk_list, postorder_chunk_stack)
     end
 
+    for table_tag = 1, __table_pool_tag.__count do
+        local table_pool = __tagged_table_pools[table_tag]
+        for pool_index = 1, table_pool.__size do
+            table_pool[pool_index] = {}
+        end
+    end
+
+    do
+        ---@type table<integer, evolved.chunk>
+        local new_entity_chunks = {}
+
+        for entity_primary, entity_chunk in __lua_next, __entity_chunks do
+            new_entity_chunks[entity_primary] = entity_chunk
+        end
+
+        __entity_chunks = new_entity_chunks
+    end
+
+    do
+        ---@type table<integer, integer>
+        local new_entity_places = {}
+
+        for entity_primary, entity_place in __lua_next, __entity_places do
+            new_entity_places[entity_primary] = entity_place
+        end
+
+        __entity_places = new_entity_places
+    end
+
     __evolved_commit()
 end