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Date: | 2008-10-30 (19:14) |
From: | Daniel_Bünzli <daniel.buenzli@e...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] RE: understanding weak |
Le 30 oct. 08 ŕ 19:48, CUOQ Pascal a écrit : >> First, although it doesn't seem to be specified in the documentation, >> I assume that weak pointers will *not* be reclaimed (e.g. from a weak >> hash table) if the program retains some other reference to the >> object. > > Exactly. The documentation should be fixed, as it really doesn't make that point clear. It says "A weak pointer is a value that the garbage collector may erase at any time" and this isn't what you want if you are looking for weak references. Best, Daniel