hi, Andreas Stricker wrote: >> Please don't laugh at me ;P Can someone explain me what reference counting >> is for? > > Wikipedia explain it not too bad: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_counting > > For glib specific implementation details I recomment to read this document: > > http://le-hacker.org/papers/gobject/
or its current for in http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gobject/index.html Stefan > > And a short overview in my own words: > > Each GObject contains a counter that is incremented by each owner of the > object. If one owner don't need the object anymore*, he decrement the > counter. If the counter reach zero, there isn't an owner anymore so the > object can be freed. > So reference counting is something like a half-automated garbage collector. > Reference counting in C still needs discipline and is error prone, but still > easier than manual free() operations. > > * usually before the reference (pointer) to the object is overwritten, > replaced or just not used anymore > > Cheers, Andy > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
