On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas <devli...@shadowlab.org> wrote: > > Le 22 mars 09 à 23:37, mm w a écrit : > >> 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, by >> refactoring his work, >> taking a pen and a white paper... and think >> > > I don't understand your point here. > > Circular references have not to be avoid. They are not an error. >
yes that's true > As previously mention, the garbage collector tracks root objects, and so it > should properly deal with circular references. > yep right, my point was circular refs are bad > In a reference counted world, they are valid too, as long as the who retain > who policy is properly designed. > > yep right, my point was circular refs are bad -- -mmw _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
