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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks.<br>I hardly believe it's due to software patents. :)<br><br><div>> Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 03:22:28 +0200<br>> Subject: Re: PhantomReference: why not cleared by GC when enqueued?<br>> From: linuxhippy@gmail.com<br>> To: dmytro_sheyko@hotmail.com; hotspot-gc-dev@openjdk.java.net<br>> <br>> Hi,<br>> <br>> > Why phantom references are not automatically cleared by the garbage collector as they are enqueued?<br>> <br>> I've heard several times that actually a software patent is the reason<br>> for this quite strange bahviour:<br>> https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1158696&tstart=60<br>> <br>> However, no idea whether its just rumor or true ;)<br>> <br>> Regards, Clemens<br></div> </div></body>
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