-------------- Original message -------------- From: Daniel Stenning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Its a good point. Its one of the valid common problems with reference > counting approach - cyclic references. maybe it would be good if RS were > able to offer one of the other tracing garbage collection methods as an > switchable alternative in order to address cases where an RB app is leading > to a large number of objects never being deleted due to cyclical references. > IMO a much better approach is to enable us to declare weak references - references that are not included in reference counting BUT are set to nil when the referene count goes to nil OR can be tested for validity before use. - karen _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
