Noob question, will freezing be necessary if kotli...
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ursus
05/08/2021, 2:46 PMNoob question, will freezing be necessary if kotlin gets value types
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louiscad
05/13/2021, 2:33 PMMaybe not, especially with the new garbage collector that might be ready by the time value classes are fully into Kotlin.
louiscad
05/13/2021, 2:33 PMcc @napperley
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napperley
05/13/2021, 10:47 PMI was assuming that Vlastimil Brecka was talking about the current Kotlin Native memory model. Louis is correct that freezing won't be required under the new Kotlin Native memory model.
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louiscad
05/14/2021, 1:57 AMEven with the current one, it's only if you need to share it to more than one thread.
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ursus
05/14/2021, 12:10 PMRight, but because of mutability. If there is actually none possible as in true value classes, then, whats it for?
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louiscad
05/14/2021, 12:19 PMMake current Kotlin/Native runtime happy when you share the instance to more than one thread.
If you freeze something that references it (e.g. a capturing lambda), it will be frozen as well.
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napperley
05/15/2021, 12:32 AMThat is part of the memory model's opinionated nature.
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