Object>>#shortToGround

   self finalize.
    ^ self becomeForward: nil.

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> On Dec 23, 2022, at 16:47, rabbit <rabbit at callistohouse.org> wrote:
> 
> Very interesting thought came to my mind, as a result of this post, Christopher. Potentially interesting and I think worth a consideration.
> 
> You are talking about an 22392: HWGround object and it clicked. Digital circuitry. Is this a negative ground object? What does *that* mean, a ground? It’s an electrical circuit, stupid.
> 
> Hurumpf, does that mean we can cause objects to shortToGriund and force garbage collection by #vmbexomeForeward: to nil? Are there the analog (^,^) to a ground circuit, in Squeak? Why not? 
> 
> Does this make any sense, have utility, along with a Squeak System Monitor displaying the image thermodynamics of Pressure, Volume & Temperature? 
> 
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> 
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> •••
> 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 
> 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨! 
> 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞, 𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙩 • 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙪𝙣 𝟮𝟰𝟬𝙕 • 🐰
> 
>>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 16:14, Christopher Becker <cb627hf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for your suggestion!
>> 
>> I am selecting random pointers to chase and getting this in almost all of the results:
>> 
>> globals: Environment
>> declarations: IdentityDictionary
>> #ActiveWorld -> PasteUpMorph
>> submorphs: Array
>> 6: PluggableSystemWindow (3168378)
>> submorphs: Array
>> 3: PluggableTreeMorph (1993854)
>> scroller: TransformMorph (3408406)
>> submorphs: Array
>> 3: IndentingListItemMorph (2996756)
>> complexContents: PointerExplorerWrapper
>> item: Association
>> value: Array
>> 
>> ... and the last entry in the list is an object that is a subclass of the HWEntity class, like:
>> 
>> 22392: HWGround.
>> 
>> Does this mean that my objects are being held onto by user interface objects? My UI elements are no longer being displayed so I don't know how this can be the case.
>> 
>> Thanks again!
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
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