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Re: Explicit release when using garbage collection with circular references
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Re: Explicit release when using garbage collection with circular references


  • Subject: Re: Explicit release when using garbage collection with circular references
  • From: mm w <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:34:28 -0700

and to close this:

I  will open the discussion: in a cpp program I will use a
type-recasting behaviour
on a circular ref ?

Cheers!

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 5:26 PM, mm w <email@hidden> wrote:
> ref my previous email,
>
> anyway there are other aspects and side effects due to the circular
> refs, and one this is a memory issue, GC is now almost clever to
> detect that's ObjectB reference is hold by a previous ObjectA ref to
> Object0 our first reference, but it wasn't true at the beginning, and
> I am pretty sure there are still some undiscovered effects
>
> by adopting a proper design you will avoid this, here you can see a
> bunch of unsolvable requests due to this kind of mistake, sure people
> find patch on patch on patch and finish with a ton of lines to try to
> correct the reasons,
>
> see my previous comment on symptoms and consequences
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM, mm w <email@hidden> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:32 PM, David Melgar <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> Some people do that to try and impress.
>>> I'm not impressed.
>>> No useful information.
>>>
>>
>> it's not my point, i don't understand your feeling here, I am not
>> trying to impress anyone, I'm only give some points
>>
>>> On Mar 22, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Clark Cox wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's not very conducive to conversation to make claims, and then
>>>> refuse to back them up, and leave it at "I let you discover it".
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM, mm w <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> maybe in your world, anyway there are a bunch of reasons to avoid
>>>>> circular refs
>>>>> I let you discover it
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Clark Cox <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:37 PM, mm w <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because I am like this I won't do the job for you, I will only point
>>>>>>> you directions, that's it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Google "garbage collection", it's naive to think that's a "linear"
>>>>>>> tree.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What Bill told you is right, and my comment is following his thought
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Avoiding circular refs: in 95% of cases it can be avoided,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They can be avoided, but why? They are not an error under garbage
>>>>>> collection, and there is no reason to avoid them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Clark S. Cox III
>>>>>> email@hidden
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> -mmw
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Clark S. Cox III
>>>> email@hidden
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -mmw
>>
>
>
>
> --
> -mmw
>



--
-mmw
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