Hi, with the help of Guille I noticed that normal instances usually
register weakly:
TestRunner >> initialize
.....
SystemAnnouncer current
weak
on: ClassAdded, CategoryAdded, ClassRemoved, CategoryRemoved,
ClassRenamed, CategoryRenamed, ClassRecategorized send: #update to: self.
.....
and classes don't:
TestCase class >> registerForNotifications
...
SystemAnnouncer current on: MethodAdded, MethodModified, MethodRemoved
send: #methodChanged: to: self.
so..Guille told me this is because usually the cycle-life of instances is
short in comparisson with classes. But classes can be removed as well. What
happen then? the announcer will hold always a reference to an obsolete
class?
my question is, should we always use weakly? if not, why ?
thanks for the explanation,
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Mariano
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