On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 14:34, HENRY,MARK (HP-Roseville,ex1) wrote: > Hi All, > > Wondering if someone could briefly constrast/compare a hard reference & a > variable? > > If a scalar variable basically contains a hard reference to a thingy, then > aren't they one and the same for the most part? > > Or, when would I use one vs. the other.. > > Thanks, > > Mark
Variable -- a location in memory used to store information (automatically has a reference count of 1) Hard Reference -- a location in memory used to point to a location in memory that increases the reference count by 1 Soft Reference -- a location in memory used to point to a location in memory that does not increase the reference count -- Today is Pungenday the 70th day of Discord in the YOLD 3168 Or is it? Missile Address: 33:48:3.521N 84:23:34.786W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
