Finding object references

Avi Bryant avi at beta4.com
Sat Jul 3 16:58:02 UTC 2004


On Jul 3, 2004, at 8:51 AM, Nevin Pratt wrote:

> With VisualWorks, I can find references to any object via:
>
>   self allOwnersWeakly: true
>
> This helps tremendously in tracking down why objects don't get garbage  
> collected.
>
> How do you find object references in Squeak?

My favorite way is with the PointerExplorer:

http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm/package/1508934b-79ea-4216-956c 
-1948e9d48aad

Avi




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