Re: [boost] Shared_ptr "mini garbage collector"

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-07 15:23:24

From: "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]>
> From: "Greg Colvin" <Gregory.Colvin_at_[hidden]>
> > My old cyclic_ptr code is still somewhere on the Boost pages,
> > and might offer a better solution to these problems.
>
> Indeed. After having reinvented that wheel, I am now (finally) able to
> understand cyclic_ptr. ;-)

As it turns out, that wheel has been invented by

Christopher, Thomas W.
Reference Count Garbage Collection
Software-Practice and Experience
Vol.14(6), pp.503-507, June 1984

as referenced in Larry Evans' comparison

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/shared_cyclic_ptr/draft-compare.zi
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