Laxkit::RefCounted Class Reference

A minimal refcounted object. More...

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Public Member Functions
virtual	~RefCounted ()
	Empty virtual destructor.
virtual int	inc_count ()
	Increment the data's count by 1. Returns count.
virtual int	dec_count ()
	Decrement the count of the data, deleting if count is less than or equal to 0.
virtual int	the_count ()

Public Attributes
int	suppress_debug

Protected Attributes
int	_count
	The reference count of the object.

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Detailed Description

A minimal refcounted object.

Provides inc_count() and dec_count() for reference counting. Objects are created with a count of 1.

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Member Function Documentation

int Laxkit::RefCounted::dec_count ( )

virtual

Decrement the count of the data, deleting if count is less than or equal to 0.

Returns the count. If 0 is returned, the item is gone, and should not be accessed any more.

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Member Data Documentation

int Laxkit::RefCounted::_count

protected

The reference count of the object.

Controlled with inc_count() and dec_count(). When the count is less or equal to 0, then object has 'delete this' called. See dec_count() for more.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• refcounted.h
• refcounted.cc