hiding a pointer

[Stewart Gordon]

Thomas Kuehne wrote:
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> Sometimes you might have to hide a pointer, so that the GC doesn't
> "see" it and might reclaim the pointer's destination if there are
> no other pointers into this area.
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And won't update it if it's moved by a copying GC.

The only infallible solution I can see is if D finally gets weak references.

Stewart.

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