On 3 August 2011 12:51, Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm pretty sure the array inst var of your WeakOrderedColleciton is no more a WeakArray but a simple Array.
Yes, indeed, it is a normal Array and that cought my attention. But since I have no idea about Weak stuff...I also noticed that WeakOrderedCollection is declared as:
OrderedCollection subclass: #WeakOrderedCollection    instanceVariableNames: ''    classVariableNames: ''    poolDictionaries: ''    category: 'Collections-Weak'
instead of using the #weakSubclass: ... message:
OrderedCollection weakSubclass: #WeakOrderedCollection    instanceVariableNames: ''    classVariableNames: ''    poolDictionaries: ''    category: 'Collections-Weak'
no you don't need that, because ordered collection contains is elements in its array, and to make it 'weak' you have to make the container to hold elements weakly, but not the wrapper class, which should hold it's array strongly.
This is because Pharo's WeakOrderedCollection is broken...
Do you know a weak collection that is not broken in Pharo and let me do a addLast: ?
Every reference to Array from within OrderedCollection should be replaced with message send (self arrayType). See for example, OrderedCollection>>#grow
Thanks. I will check how many there are and try to fix them.
Nicolas
2011/8/3 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck@gmail.com>:
Hi guys. I am since yesterday trying to find something and I cannot. So at this point I need external eyes :) I have this little code:
   anObject := ClassWith2Var new.    sharedObject := ClassWith1Var new.    sharedObject var1: 'nose'.    anObject var1: Date today.    anObject var2: sharedObject.
   serializedObjects := FuelMareaSerializer new serializeAndWriteObject: anObject to: 'aFileName'.    anObject := nil.    sharedObject := nil.
   3 timesRepeat: [Smalltalk garbageCollect].    serializedObjects inspect.
What is important here is that FuelMareaSerializer new serializeAndWriteObject: anObject to: 'aFileName' answers a WeakOrderedCollection with each object of the serialized graph (taking anObject as the root) Now, if I print the tempVar serializedObjects I see:
a WeakOrderedCollection(ClassWith1Var ClassWith2Var Date DateAndTime Duration a ClassWith1Var a ClassWith2Var 3 August 2011 2011-08-03T00:00:00+02:00 0:02:00:00 1:00:00:00 86400 2455777 'nose' 0 7200)
WHYYYY?? why are all there if I put a nil to both, anObject and sharedObejct. This WeakOrderedCollection should be with all nils (except classes). Why are not being garbage collected?
If I explore, for example the tempVar sharedObejct, which is at serializedObjects at: 6Â Â and then I put explore pointers I ONLY see the array of the WeakOrderedCollection pointing to it. I don't understand.
Any help is really appreaciated.
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