I ran the code (with minor modifications). The object created in the m1 method is the only one that gets garbage collected. I was incorrect when I said the c1 variable's reference would change...
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Re: Question about garbage collection
I ran the code (with minor modifications). The object created in the m1 method is the only one that gets garbage collected. I was incorrect when I said the c1 variable's reference would change...
Re: Question about garbage collection
No, I think the answer is correct.
We start off by initializing c1 to some C object (we'll call this: original_c1).
We then initialize c2 by calling the m1() method. The m1 method takes c1 as the...