Re: [VOTE] Weak References

From: Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:26:46 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] Weak References
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Hi, On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 19:21, Nicolas Grekas <nicolas.grekas+php@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > $pseudoWeakMap = array(); > > $pseudoWeakMap[spl_object_**hash($obj)] = new WeakReference($obj); > > > > or did I misunderstand the concept? I hope I'll have a chance to use > > WeakReferences soon in my project;) > > > > I also believe that this is the logic, but from the doc, when an object is > destroyed, its hash may be reused for other objects. > So this implementation could possibly have bad side effect, isn't it ? > > Nicolas > I don't understand how the code you just gave would be useful in practice? I've implemented a WeakMap class in the weakref pecl ext, see: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pecl/weakref/trunk/tests/weakmap_001.phpt?revision=316293&view=markup for an example of usage. I believe this better fit people's needs. Or did you have something else in mind? Best, -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch

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