Seem to remember someone mentioning that monkeybread supporting weak references in their plugin collection, not ideal I know, so I'll sign on to that F.R in any case.
On 5/1/07 22:25, "Frank Condello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5-Jan-07, at 5:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> -------------- 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. > > Yup - been waiting years for this... > <http://www.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=libmxqqz> > > Frank. > <http://developer.chaoticbox.com/> > _______________________________________________ > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
