From: fset.slb@gmail.com   
      
   On Jun 11, 9:10 am, Michiel Helvensteijn    
   wrote:   
   > Hi all!   
   >   
   > In September, last year, I posted here asking your opinions on weak   
   > pointers:   
   >   
   > http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/08-09-004   
      
   I wasn't in on the previous discussion, but if I had been, I would   
   have said this:   
      
   The term "weak pointer" is a misnomer.  Weakness is not a property of   
   pointers, but rather of locations that hold pointers.  It really would   
   be better to say "weak location".   
      
   So you don't "promote a weak pointer to a strong pointer"; you read   
   the contents of a weak location, which can contain either a pointer or   
   null.   
      
   -- Scott   
      
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