Hi Ralf, Yeah, that is useful for some cases... but this one is kind of the other way around...
I need something in the lines of: allPeople:Array; // holds all people nicePeople:WeakReferenceDict; // an index that is built once and then queried many many times uglyPeople:WeakReferenceDict;// another index now, when someone is deleted from the allPeople collection I would like the garbage collector to know that it can freely delete it from the other indexes... instead of having the object stay there forever because there is a hard reference to it in the index. take a look at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp11225/ for instance Thanks, Aldo On 9/15/06, Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take a look at flash.util.Dictionary > Cheers, > Ralf. > > On 9/15/06, Aldo Bucchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi all, > > > > I am trying to implement indexes over collections of objects that have > > a relatively short lifetime... is there any way to weakly reference > > them in as3 to hint the garbage collector?? > > > > thx, > > Aldo > > > > -- > > ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: > > mobile (56) 8 429 8300 > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: mobile (56) 8 429 8300 -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
