WeakIdentityDictionary.st
author claus
Thu, 21 Oct 1993 01:50:27 +0100
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"
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1992 by Claus Gittinger
              All Rights Reserved

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"

IdentityDictionary subclass:#WeakIdentityDictionary
       instanceVariableNames:''
       classVariableNames:''
       poolDictionaries:''
       category:'System-Support'
!

WeakIdentityDictionary comment:'

COPYRIGHT (c) 1992 by Claus Gittinger
              All Rights Reserved

this is a special class to support keeping track of dependents without
keeping the values alive - values simply become nil when no one else
references it.

$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/WeakIdentityDictionary.st,v 1.1 1993-10-21 00:50:27 claus Exp $

written dec 92 by claus
'!

!WeakIdentityDictionary methodsFor:'private'!

setTally:size
    "create initial (empty) key and value arrays"

    valueArray := WeakArray new:size.
    keyArray := Array new:size.
    tally := 0
! !