Joel Mueller wrote: > Maybe I'm misunderstanding the documentation, but it seems to be saying > that if I have a weak reference to an object, the GC doesn't see that > object as any different from an object to which I have no reference, > even though I might want it to leave weak-referenced objects alone > unless memory pressure requires them to be collected.
That is precisely the way the weak references work. They will stay in memory until a GC. And unless someone explicitly calls for a collection, then they won't disappear until you need more "breathing room" (which causes the automatic collection). So, am I misunderstanding your problem perhaps? Brad -- Read my web log at http://www.quality.nu/dotnetguy/ You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
