Re: [Firebird-devel] Providers, yvalve, external engines and object lifecycle

[Adriano d. S. F. <adr...@gm...>]

On 24-03-2011 11:56, Alex Peshkoff wrote:
>>
>> You see, reference counting alone don't solve the user problem.
> 
> When used wrong - yes, do not. But if:
> 
> T1: globalObj->addRef();
> T1: start T2 /* that's using globalObj */
> 
> It's OK. BTW, it's present in MS docs - "You must also call AddRef on a
> pointer before passing it ....".
> 
Reference counting is overloaded to make this work. With a single atomic
variable user fix the problem without need a polluted API.

It's user responsibility to use pointers before free them, and I showed
you can't fix user mistakes.


Adriano