On 5/1/12 8:59 AM, Matthieu Monrocq wrote:
I agree that the technics outlined, especially with the details on their
advantages/drawbacks are a very interesting read.
As for the predictable timing, anyway it seems hard to have something
predictable when you take cycle of references into account: I do not
know any inexpensive algorithm to realize that by removing a link you
are suddenly creating a self-sustaining group of objects that should be
collected. Therefore I would venture that anyway such groups would be
collected in a deferred fashion (using some tracing algorithm).
Agreed. The problem with reference counting in the long term isn't the
reference counting itself; it's the cycle collection.
Patrick
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