From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2005-02-13T02:00:05+09:00
Subject: Re: strong ref from weak ref?

Navindra Umanee wrote:

> 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 think WeakRef#__getobj__ will do what you want.