On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:46 PM, Mathieu Langlois wrote:
It's actually pretty trivial to implement weak references with a
plugin, all
you need to do is return the object without locking it.
This is trivial only because it leaves the hard part of the problem
unsolved. When the object reaches the end of its life, all of these
fake "weak references" will become dangling references, pointing at
an object which no longer exists. Breaking the memory management
system like this is not a good idea unless you have too much free
time and want to spend it solving tricky bugs.
Mars Saxman
REAL Software
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