Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> >>Would it be possible to keep a list of weak references and
> use one of
> >>those magic queue things that notifies you when your objects become
> >>unreachable?
> >
> > Yeah, we could use a phantom reference to clean up.
>
> Just to be clear: a weak reference would suffice, right?
> I.e. a phantom reference is not required.
I think that to be strictly correct you need a phantom reference.
Consider the following (pathological) example:
class MyThread extends Thread
{
protected void finalize()
{
start();
}
}
Regards,
Jeroen
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