[fpc-devel] Proof of Concept ARC implementation

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On 2014-10-29 14:58, Sven Barth wrote:
> Delphi introduced weak variable to break up cycling, I implemented 
> them similary in my branch (not using the attribute syntax though) and 
> in Florian's suggestions all object instance variables in legacy code 
> would be "weak" for backwards compatibility.

Given that legacy code will be infinitely more in size than new code (at 
least in the foreseable future), wouldn't be wiser to consider everthing 
'weak' (i.e. default) and use 'strong' (or something similar) to denote 
those variables of the new object type?