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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] weak references
From: lars.schultz@toolpark.com (Lars Schultz)

Am 18.07.2011 10:15, schrieb Ferenc Kovacs:
> I think that having to know and care about refcounts and zvals are
> more complicated than having an Spl class, which can hold a reference
> for a variable what can be destroyed to free memory.
> and there is a chance that people are familiar with the Weak
> references from other languages, while the zval approach only familiar
> for those that knows about php internals.
> so I think that from the userland POV, weak references are easier to grasp.

You're right for users who indeed have this problem. But I am worried 
about those users, which do not have the problem, but still have to know 
what WeakReferences are...but I should wait for the RFC.