From: Raj Sahae <rajsahae@...>
Date: 2007-03-28T07:47:50+09:00
Subject: Re: drb recycled object problem

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Brian Candler wrote:
>>
>> $foo = server.game
>> DRb.start_service($uri, $foo)
>>
>> Keeping a reference to the object in global variable $foo is one way 
>> to stop
>> it frm being garbage collected.
>>
>> A local variable is fine, as long as it doesn't drop out of scope: e.g.
>>
>> foo = server.game
>> DRb.start_service($uri, foo)
>> DRb.thread.join    # program waits here
>
> drb itself holds a referent to this, the 'front', object - so i don't 
> think
> that'll help too much.  i'm guessing the game returns result objects 
> of some
> type which are recycled in the server while the client tries to re-use 
> them.
>
> cheers.
>
> -a
Thanks guys.  I'll keep these tips in mind while I keep digging through 
my code, trying to find if I let go of a reference somewhere.

Raj