Re: [VOTE] Weak References

How about adding weak maps to this RFC? https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/WeakMap This would be fantastic! Nicolas On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 14:55, Lars Schultz <lars.schultz@toolpark.com>wrote: > Am 09.08.2011 14:22, schrieb Arvids Godjuks: > > I have mixed feelings about this proposal - from one point it's quite >> neat - ability to mark circular references for the memory manager so >> it can free them sounds very delicious, especially for some cases. I >> had run into my own bunch of problems with memory in PHP in the past >> and right now I'm running a daemon written in PHP in production on >> 5.3.6. Careful construction and knowledge that circular references >> actually do harm I did add safeguards that actually clean up the >> objects in recursive manner (and objects have internal flags that >> cleanup has been initiated - that way I make sure I cleanup the same >> object only once). That sort of planing at the design stage makes it >> far more friendly with memory, so it doesn't mean that PHP should have >> soft references. >> > > Exactly what I did;) > > > My opinion is that if this can be done without using significant >> resources and will not have major issues while implementing - it can >> be added, otherwise just skip it - better off fixing bugs and >> optimizing :) >> > > Of course. I am not saying that its a must have...just wanted to defend it > from being marked as useless. > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >