One of the uses of weak references in other languages is to keep a collection of all the instances of a class without preventing them being garbage collected. Obviously, this is not necessary in squeak.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/15/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Herbert König</b> <<a href="mailto:herbertkoenig@gmx.net">herbertkoenig@gmx.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello cdrick,<br> <br> <br> c> All that sounds like "don't use weak reference" :)<br> <br> .... unless you know exactly what you are doing.<br> <br> <br> --<br> Cheers,<br> <br><br> Herbert<br> <br><br> _______________________________________________<br>
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