[perl #46703] [TODO] [C] Fix ref_count handling for exception_handlers

Andrew Whitworth via RT parrotbug-followup at parrotcode.org
Mon Feb 2 16:19:32 UTC 2009


On Mon Oct 22 10:48:56 2007, pcoch wrote:
> In src/pmc/exception_handler.pmc there is the todo item:
> 
>      * can't reuse Continuation's destroy yet -
>      * XXX fix ref_count handling for exception_handlers first
> 
> So, ref_count handling for exception_handlers needs to be implemented, and
> then we can reuse Continuations destroy().  Do this (please).

aren't exception_handlers PMCs? If so, they wouldn't have a ref count,
they would be GC'd and not collected prematurely. Is this ticket still
an issue?

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Andrew Whitworth
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