Re: [boost] Shared_ptr "mini garbage collector"

From: Greg Colvin (Gregory.Colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-07 15:50:23

At 01:23 PM 1/7/2003, Peter Dimov wrote:
>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

Yes, Christopher's work was the inspiration for cyclic_ptr,
but I made some changes to adapt it to C++.

>as referenced in Larry Evans' comparison
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/shared_cyclic_ptr/draft-compare.zi
>p
>
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