On 17/07/2013 11:58 AM, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> I'm not at all clear why all task-local references are reference 
> counted. The decision that an object is task-local seems orthogonal to 
> any decision about that object's lifetime.

I suspect for prompt reclamation/finalization reasons. I think it would 
be quite surprising to many people if all of a task's resources aren't 
immediately finalized as soon as it completes. Tracing introduces an 
observable latency.

Sandro


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