[M3devel] GC question version 2

[Tony Hosking]

This might be possible, but probably would force completion of the  
current GC to get all the references.  Again, not a particularly nice  
thing to be doing.   Once again, why not use indirection and weak  
references.  Probably cheaper, more flexible and portable.

On Jan 16, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Darko wrote:

> Ok, a slightly different approach: Can the GC give me a list of all  
> the objects that contain a reference to an object? Would it be  
> thorough (ie not miss any objects)? False positives might be ok.  
> Then I could check the type of each object and update the  
> references myself. It would be reasonable to assume that the  
> references in question were not being changed by any thread during  
> the checking process.
>
> Thanks,
> Darko.