Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007 schrieb Giel van Schijndel: > Dennis Schridde schreef: > > - Refcounting is probably even better. > > I like reference counting, in fact it is to my opinion both the safest > and most efficient solution of all. However, I do think that unlike C++, > which provides constructors and destructors, reference counting will not > be easy to use. This is because before destroying a pointer (either > because it leaves scope, or whatever other reason) you'd have to call a > special destruction function (which decrements the refcount and if it > reaches zero destroys the pointed to object in the appropriate way), > each and every time a pointer becomes unused. Similarly each and every > time you'd copy a pointer you'd have to make sure the reference count is > increased. This may seem trivial, but applying this technique on every > single pointer we've got is most certainly _not_ trivial.
Most prominent user of these smart-pointers would be the droid/projectile lists, where refcounting could probably "easily" be deployed. --Dennis
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