Subj : Re: JS_AddNamedRoot() and finalizer
To   : Matthew Mondor
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Mon Aug 23 2004 09:48 am

Matthew Mondor wrote:
> Hmm just notice how some statements didn't make any sense, since the
> object is added to the root it isn't prone to GC, and probably that
> the finalizer method is not considered useful and thus never called. I
> maybe assumed that destroying a context would force destruction of the
> objects and call the finalizer, but this is probably not so...


Probably not... ;-)

So you made a stuck root.  You should be able to fix that, but first: 
Why do you need a global root?

Assuming you do need a global root: Any code that adds such a root must 
have an explicit, mandatory or reference-counting protocol to tell it 
when to remove that root.

/be

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