The incrementing of the counter is the easy part.
In ref counting, while decrementing the counter for a non-scalar (objects,
arrays, etc), if the counter reaches zero we need to follow all the
non-scalars referenced by the non-scalar you just made zero (and decrement
them too. Also, if any of them
Hi!
> Is this statement correct? If I understand correctly many PHP projects
> depend on the deterministic firing of `__destruct()` function to cleanup
> SQL transactions or connections and so forth.
Yes. But, strictly speaking, you do not have to use specifically
refcounting - i.e. having some v
In:
https://github.com/php/php-langspec/blob/master/spec/04-basic-concepts.md#reclamation-and-automatic-memory-management
> Despite the use of the term refcount, conforming implementations are not
required to use a reference counting-based implementation for automatic
memory management.
Is this
