object<-references

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- Reference manual
- Packages
  - XPCE
    - Classes
      - class object
        
        Get methods
        
        object<-_arg
        
        object<-_arity
        
        object<-_class_name
        
        object<-_flags
        
        object<-_inspect
        
        object<-_man_id
        
        object<-_references
        
        object<-_slot
        
        object<-_class
        
        object<-all_constraints
        
        object<-all_get_methods
        
        object<-all_hypers
        
        object<-all_send_methods
        
        object<-all_attributes
        
        object<-attribute
        
        object<-class
        
        object<-class_name
        
        object<-class_variable_value
        
        object<-clone
        
        object<-convert
        
        object<-create_context
        
        object<-find_all_send_methods
        
        object<-find_hyper
        
        object<-functor
        
        object<-get_class
        
        object<-get_hyper
        
        object<-send_method
        
        object<-get_method
        
        object<-get_sub
        
        object<-get_super
        
        object<-get_vector
        
        object<-hypered
        
        object<-inspect
        
        object<-lock_object
        
        object<-object_reference
        
        object<-print_name
        
        object<-protect
        
        object<-references
        
        object<-report_to
        
        object<-self
        
        object<-slot
        
        object<-storage_reference
        
        object<-unlock

object <-references: -> int

PCE uses reference counts for the incremental garbage collector. The number of references is the number of slot relations towards this object.

Note that PCE does not know which objects have references to an object; slot-relations are uni-directional.

See also: - tool Inspector
- topic Garbage collection
- object<-_references