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I’m surprised I don’t see reference cycles listed. Strictly speaking I suppose they’re a subset of “unreachable allocations”, but they have a different feel, pa
by seandougall 8y ago
I’m surprised I don’t see reference cycles listed. Strictly speaking I suppose they’re a subset of “unreachable allocations”, but they have a different feel, particularly as they can occur even with GC.
- hawkice 8y agoGarbage collection can handle reference cycles -- that's why it is better than reference counting (at handling the eventual freeing of arbitrary data).