What steps should be taken if you encounter a memory resource shortage during development?

If a memory shortage occurs during development, the following steps can be taken:

1. Memory profiling — use tools to analyze memory consumption (e.g., Visual Studio Diagnostic Tools, Valgrind, or specialized profilers).
2. Code optimization — check for memory leaks, inefficient data structures, or redundant objects.
3. Use more efficient data structures — replace heavy objects with lighter ones or use structures instead of classes if possible.
4. Clean up unused resources — explicitly free resources, use weak references, or invoke garbage collection when necessary (in GC languages).
5. Increase available memory — if possible, increase the amount of memory allocated to the application or server.
6. Divide the task — split data processing into parts to avoid loading all memory at once.

Example: if a C# application consumes a lot of memory, check whether references to objects that are no longer needed are retained, and call GC.Collect() after freeing resources, although this should be done cautiously.