Refcounting gone wild?

Stephen R. van den Berg

4 Sep 2014 4 Sep '14

2:32 p.m.

Is this to be expected? Why does it run up?

object c=Stdio.File(); _refs(c);

Result: 2

c=c;

Result: Stdio.File(0, 0, 777 /* fd=-1 */)

_refs(c);

Result: 3

c=c;

Result: Stdio.File(0, 0, 777 /* fd=-1 */)

_refs(c);

Result: 4

-- Stephen.