Possible WeakReference Bug

Jesse Rosenstock jmr@ugcs.caltech.edu
Thu Nov 21 14:55:00 GMT 2002


It seems that the reference can only be enqueued by
finalize_referred_to_object.  Why would this be called even though
the referent is still reachable?  Wouldn't that imply GC brokenness?  
Obviously that isn't the case because people would notice that.



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