japhy,
I think we should keep code reuse in mind here. Writing code that solves a specific task often involves intermediate steps. Divorcing the intermediate steps from the specific task allows others to reuse the intermediate steps for their specific task.

In other words, BrowserUk and I would both like to see a canned solution that would allow someone to stringify a reference, keep the memory around until needed, allow us to convert the string back into a reference, and release the memory when finished. This is unlikely going to be very useful to the general public, but some of the intermediate steps might be. I say 2 modules, 1 that provides all the XS basics and the second that ties them together for the specific task outlined above.

As BrowserUk mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Even the implementation I proposed doesn't mean you can't get into trouble easily.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^12: Techniques On Saving Memory by Limbic~Region
in thread Techniques On Saving Memory by Limbic~Region

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