I think this is also why microsoft and Objective C went for a non reference count based memory management scheme - namely the Boehm GC. This has its own probems as all GC schemes have, but one key benefit it that you don't get the issues of cyclic references keeping objects "locked' in memory when the would otherwise be "collected".
On 14/1/07 06:32, "Andy Dent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the major strengths of C++ is you can very simply implement > your own memory allocators for a given class so things like tens of > thousands of small objects can be managed differently from being > general heap alloc. _______________________________________________ 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>
