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diff --git a/docs/refcount.txt b/docs/refcount.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e575142a..00000000 --- a/docs/refcount.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -Reference counting uses special words in functions to make it easy to remember -and follow the rules. - -Words that take ownership: new, find, load, open, keep. - -Words that release ownership: drop, free, close. - -If an object is returned by a function with one of the special words that take -ownership, you are responsible for freeing it by calling "drop" or "free", or -"close" before you return. You may pass ownership of an owned object by return -it only if you name the function using one of the special words. - -Any objects returned by functions that do not have any of these special words, -are borrowed and have a limited life time. Do not hold on to them past the -duration of the current function, or stow them away inside structs. If you need -to keep the object for longer than that, you have to either "keep" it or make -your own copy. |