My understanding is that an anonymous function is implemented as an instance of a type assigned to a generated name in the global scope, and the type and its methods should thus persist for the rest of the process. However I read in several places that anonymous functions were garbage collected and …

[image] Benny: However I read in several places that anonymous functions were garbage collected and wasn’t sure of the implications, so I wanted to check. The particular instantiation is garbage collected, but the type & associated constructor sticks around. I don’t think there’s any source c…

Anonymous function's type and methods last forever?

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Sukera July 5, 2024, 6:49pm 2

The particular instantiation is garbage collected, but the type & associated constructor sticks around. I don’t think there’s any source claiming that the type itself would be collected too?

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Anonymous function's type and methods last forever?

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