[webkit-dev] Shared<T>

[Darin Adler]

On Mar 13, 2009, at 4:17 AM, natasha gabriella wrote:

> I happened to go through code of webkit an sfound some Shared<T>  
> class.

That class template has a new name in the latest WebKit; it’s now  
named RefCounted<>.

> What exactly it does.

It implements simple intrusive reference counting.

> Is it like class object is singleton and shared among ?

No, it is not. It adds a reference count to a class. The reason it’s a  
template is so we don’t have to write the reference counting by hand  
for each class we want ot use it for.

> Moreover if multiple window (mostly will be achieved by using some  
> tab like interface) are used, What all loader are advices to be  
> shared ?

I don’t understand this question.

     -- Darin