Re: help with weak references

     Hello,

  Are weak references expected to be collected eagerly?

     Best, Oliver

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 6:02 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Weak references don't seem to be eagerly collected as the following script
> illustrates. Why?
>
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> Welcome to Scala version 2.11.4 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java
> 1.8.0_60).
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> scala> import scala.ref.WeakReference
> import scala.ref.WeakReference
>
> scala> val rq = new scala.ref.ReferenceQueue[List[Int]]
> rq: scala.ref.ReferenceQueue[List[Int]] =
> java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue@ba2f4ec
>
> scala> case class WR(a: List[Int]) { val wr = new WeakReference(a, rq)}
> defined class WR
>
> scala> val wr = WR((0 until 5).toList)
> wr: WR = WR(List(0, 1, 2, 3, 4))
>
> scala> val x = wr.wr.get
> x: Option[List[Int]] = Some(List(0, 1, 2, 3, 4))
>
> scala> val x = 3      // re-define x
> x: Int = 3
>
> scala>  System.gc()
>
> scala> val x = wr.wr.get
> x: Option[List[Int]] = Some(List(0, 1, 2, 3, 4))  // <<------ should have
> been None
>
> scala>
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-- 
Oliver Ruebenacker
Senior Software Engineer, Diabetes Portal
<http://www.type2diabetesgenetics.org/>, Broad Institute
<http://www.broadinstitute.org/>

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