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[rikki cattermole]

On 02/08/2020 6:23 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 8/1/20 12:23 PM, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> Oh good so we are finally tackling runtime reflection-esque capabilities!
>>
>> Obvious concern of mine: how it handles shared library support 
>> including when unloading.
> 
> In an ideal world the GC would automatically close libraries of which 
> code is no longer used. I don't know if that's possible.

globalVar = new SharedLibThingy;

unload(sharedLib);

// ugh oh globalVar still exists!

Something I was thinking about this, would be a kind of 'audit pass' 
that the GC could offer. Maybe even nullifying references that it finds.