Thanks for the answers. I need to generate symbols to distinguish them from strings in a parser. It seems, then, that it's better to use symbols rather than keywords in this case.
On Jun 24, 10:52 am, "Stephen C. Gilardi" <squee...@mac.com> wrote: > On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Four of Seventeen wrote: > > > > > On Jun 24, 12:22 pm, "Stephen C. Gilardi" <squee...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Symbol objects are subject to garbage collection, but the "namespace" > >> and "name" strings that identify them are not. Those strings are > >> "interned" via the "intern" method on java.lang.String. Once a String > >> is interned, there exists a single canonical String object that > >> represents it throughout the remaining lifetime the JVM instance. > > > I'm not sure this is correct. I think recent Sun JVMs can GC > > unreferenced, interned strings. > > Right you are. On reading further, I see that unreferenced interned > Strings can be collected in Java 1.2+ because the interning mechanism > holds only a weak reference to them. > > Thanks for the correction. > > --Steve > > smime.p7s > 3KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
