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20 Mar 2026
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyrefcounting + cycle collection basically punts on the hard parts about rooting, so doesn't make sense to switch to if you'll need to adjust all your code to handle the real thing later12:15:19
@emilazy:matrix.orgemily(allocator API not being stable and probably never going to be doesn't help either, although indeed mitigated by having a limited collection of things that need GCing)12:15:37
@emilazy:matrix.orgemily(I wouldn't be surprised if there are some surprisingly entangled object lifetimes between Nix and non-Nix though)12:16:21
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