Re: reference count size

From	"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: reference count size
Date	2012-06-07 17:23 +0100
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"bob" <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote in message
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> What is the typical size of a reference count?  32 bits?  So, does this
> add 4 bytes to the size of every object?

Reference counts are typically used with heap-allocated objects, which may 
already have overheads beyond the size of the object, might have a minimum 
size anyway, and are generally used for objects bigger then 32-bits. So the 
few extra bytes is usually not significant.

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Bartc

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