Obvious when you point it out =o)  Thanks.


On Aug 2, 2004, at 11:26 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:

> The literal string is part of the compiled method. Try:
>
>     weakDict at: 2 put: 's2' copy
>
> instead. The same is true for other literals.
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Murphy-Dye" <brian.murphydye at mac.com>
> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:57 PM
> Subject: WeakValueDictionary
>
>
>> When executing the code below, I expected both values to be garbage
>> collected, yet 's2' apparently isn't. Other attempts were using
>> 'Smalltalk garbageCollect' and adding 's2' from another method (to 
>> make
>> sure the block context wasn't preventing garbage collection). Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> | weakDict |
>> weakDict := WeakValueDictionary new.
>> weakDict at: 1 put: Object new.
>> weakDict at: 2 put: 's2'.
>> Smalltalk garbageCollectMost.
>> (weakDict at: 1) = nil ifFalse: ['at 1 not nil' inspect].
>> (weakDict at: 2) = nil ifFalse: ['at 2 not nil' inspect]. "=> shows an
>> inspector"
>>
>> Thanks, Brian.
>>
>>
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