[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 186269] Make it possible to track unbalanced ref()/deref()

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186269

--- Comment #3 from Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> ---
I think it might be onerous to have to find somewhere to store a token every time you ref/deref something outside of RefPtr/Ref.

I believe that Xcode (maybe it’s Instruments) has features that do this quite well for retain and release without intrusive changes to the code that calls retain and release. I think we should explore how those work and whether we can hook up ref/deref to that.

But I am certainly not opposed to this on principle. Since we normally use smart pointers and not explicit ref/deref calls. We can just ask people to be even more consistent about always doing that. I would prefer to fix call sites by having them use RefPtr and Ref more rather than by decorating calls to ref and deref with additional macro arguments.

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