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Posted by gosha bine on 06/18/07 14:38
On 18.06.2007 16:15 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> gosha bine wrote:
>> On 18.06.2007 14:11 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> gosha bine wrote:
>>>> On 18.06.2007 04:30 Benjamin wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 16, 3:35 am, gosha bine <stereof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Benjamin wrote:
>>>>>>> I've heard that the Zend Engine's garage collector is not
>>>>>>> perfect, so
>>>>>>> can someone demonstrate how to create a memory leak in PHP?
>>>>>> ZE doesn't use garbage collector, it implements reference counting
>>>>>> algorithm that is notorious for its inability to handle circular
>>>>>> references. If you have an object A that holds a reference to B,
>>>>>> and B
>>>>>> directly or indirectly refers back to A, neither A nor B will be
>>>>>> freed
>>>>>> until the script ends.
>>>>> According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>>>> Reference_counting), reference counting is a form of garbage
>>>>> collecting.
>>>>
>>>> The nice thing about Wikipedia is that if you find wrong or
>>>> confusing information there, you can correct it immediately. ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Except in this case it is not wrong or confusing. It is a method of
>>> garbage collection.
>>>
>>
>> Well, I know at least two people who are already confused. ;)
>>
>> Before starting the next meaningless scholastic discussion about
>> terms, make sure you do understand how GCs work and what is the
>> difference between "tracing"/"full-automatic" GCs and reference counting.
>>
>
> Believe me - I know how garbage collection works. I haven't been
> programming longer than you've been alive without finding out.
>
> You really need to understand the terminology before you start telling
> people they're wrong.
>
Of course, I believe you, Jerry. Everyone knows you are an experienced
programmer and smart polemicist.
--
gosha bine
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