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Article #54Re: Deleting an Instance? -- Just Forget It!
From: dinitz
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:31
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:31
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>re: How can I get rid of the unnecessary instances after I've used them? > >By not "pointing" at them. Let the GC do it's thing. One of the great joys of Lisp is that you really can make things go away just by forgetting about them. But as JonL and others point out, forgetting means cutting loose from _all_ reachable references. -Rick *-------------------------------* | Copyright 1992, Rick Dinitz | | dinitz@tss.com | *-------------------------------*
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.clos Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!tekbspa.UUCP!dinitz From: dinitz@tekbspa.UUCP Subject: Re: Deleting an Instance? -- Just Forget It! Message-ID: <9207302132.AA13326@tss.com> Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science References: <9207301729.AA05251@kuwait.lucid> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:31:58 GMT Lines: 18