From: Navindra Umanee <navindra@...>
Date: 2005-02-13T01:04:10+09:00
Subject: strong ref from weak ref?

Hi,

I would like to have a lookup table with WeakRefs to various
structures so that they can be GC'ed if Ruby is low on space.

However, when I look up a structure, I want to get a strong ref from
the WeakRef so that I don't have to worry about it being collected
while being used.

I can seem to find any methods to get the strong ref from the WeakRef.
Maybe this can be done by having a second lookup table with WeakRefs
pointing to strong refs.  I don't know if that will mess up the GC
though.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Navin.