Kai_Henningsen@ms.maus.de (Kai Henningsen) (04/23/91)
bp>One thing to consider doing; When the reference count goes to zero put bp>the object on a type specific free list. When you need a new object of bp>a given type try to get it from its type specific free list first. bp>This way your not always going through the general purpose heap code. bp>Avoiding the general purpose code can give you a real performance bp>boost. There's still another thing: look out for circular data structures. Once you have a circle in your data, the reference count will *never* go back to zero. Such storage can only be reclaimed by other methods. (Well, there *is* a way *if* you *know* that you can throw away such a circle; break up the circle before "forgetting" it.) MfG Kai