Sept. 10, 2020
5:02 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 9:49 PM Esteban Maringolo <emaringolo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 11:58 PM Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com> wrote:
In VisualWorks, for example, a WeakArray is primed with an Object instance, and this gets collected every scavenge. So the WeakArray is notified. From this VW builds a notification system.
I guess this is how VisualWorks changes its cursor from a regular pointer to the, sometimes dreadful, "GC" icon during garbage collection. Isn't it?
I think so :-)
Regards!
Esteban A. Maringolo
and to you, Esteban! _,,,^..^,,,_ best, Eliot