RE: Meta-design

[Sam Tregar]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Dan Sugalski wrote:

> Sure, but only objects. (or, to be really paranoid, things referred to)
> Nothing else needs refcounting. All the refcounting code can be isolated in
> the reference creation and deletion code, and we don't have to pay it
> otherwise.

Good point.  I hadn't considered the predominance of non-objects in Perl
programs.  I suppose that any system that allowed us to get away without
having to refcount every simple SV would be a pretty big win even if
blessed SVs still had to be counted.

-sam