Re: [Gnash-dev] Garbage collector

[Eric Hughes]

At 09:52 AM 6/15/2007, Udo Giacomozzi wrote:
> Sorry for this question, but what is the problem with the RC model?
> Can you show me some code that creates an "unreachable" object?

I can't off the top of my head, but this is a generic problem with 
languages that have the possibility of creating circular references.  A 
disconnected reference cycle won't be freed in the RC model, but will 
generally be found in a GC model.  The relevant code would be some SWF 
whose execution creates objects in a reference cycle.  Put that code in a 
loop and you have eventual memory exhaustion with RC, but not with GC.

Eric