Re: [Bug 111028] Dealing with reference cycles in GObject

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi Ali,

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 17:51, J. Ali Harlow wrote:
> Net result: GdkPixmap returned to the user has reference count
> of 1 and the associated GdkImage also has a reference count
> of 1. This cycle will prevent the two objects ever being finalized
> unless somebody calls g_object_dispose() and the dispose()
> function was implemented.

	Well; in order to break a reference loop you need to either use a weak
reference for one direction, or add a dispose method. The former is
preferable if it has to fit into an existing lifecycle pattern I
imagine.

	Regards,

		Michael.

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