On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 09:57:22AM -0600, Eric Hughes wrote: > At 09:52 AM 6/15/2007, Udo Giacomozzi wrote: > >Sorry for this question, but what is the problem with the RC model? > >Can you show me some code that creates an "unreachable" object? > > I can't off the top of my head, but this is a generic problem with > languages that have the possibility of creating circular references. A > disconnected reference cycle won't be freed in the RC model, but will > generally be found in a GC model. The relevant code would be some SWF > whose execution creates objects in a reference cycle. Put that code in a > loop and you have eventual memory exhaustion with RC, but not with GC.
Exactly. Not that Function.prototype.constructor == Function, so it does not even take user intervention for creating circular dependencies. It's builtin for ActionScript. --strk; _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
