Re: Confused by Lua garbage collection tear down order when there are references between objects

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 21.05.2014 09:28 schröbte Tim Hill:
> Frim a robustness standpoint its vad to rely on the order of GC .. If you want robust code you should not rely on specific GC behavior

If the C library you are binding to depends on a certain order of 
destruction, so does your binding code. The last two big libraries I 
wrote bindings for (SDL and APR) both had that "problem" on multiple 
occasions.
The only alternative to depending on GC order would be manual lifetime 
management ...

Philipp