[Edbrowse-dev] gc

[Karl Dahlke <eklhad@comcast.net>]

I have always wondered about gc in c++.
It cannot be easy and straightforward like it is in java.
(One reason I was always afraid of c++)
So possibly void * won't work, like you have to tell the compiler
that it's a pointer to a certain object of a certain class,
for c++ to keep it around.
Or - maybe you have to explicitly set void * x = object * o
so that when it crosses the equals sign it tells gc
that it is off somewhere else and should not be deleted.
Unfortunately this is advanced stuff that won't be in my first line tutorial.
And then moz js may have its own internal gc.
That would be stupid, to reinvent what c++ has already done, but who knows.
We need to become not just competent in this stuff, but near experts.

Karl Dahlke