Re: [Vala] use weak and var together

[Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com>]

On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 22:11 +0100, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 14:05 +0000, Frédéric Gaudy wrote:
> > I don't know if it' a bug or a feature. When I use weak and var
> > keywords, I obtain a error:
> > error: The type name `var' could not be found
> >
> > Code : 
> > weak var thread = Thread.create( this.process_thread, true);
>
> I haven't decided yet whether we should support that and if yes, what
> exact syntax to use. In addition to your example, just
>
>       weak thread =...
>
> might also be a possibility. I tend to not support it at all at the
> moment and rather try to minimize the number of situations where 'weak'
> is needed.

I am wondering why you dislike weak so much. It does usually mess stuff
up but it is also good if one knows what she is doing.
It not only saves a ref and unref, but also breaks circular references. 

Talking about circular references, is it possible to have a circular ref
breaker mechanism like the one in GTK for vala fundamental classes?

- Yu
> Jürg
>
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