# GC improvements ideas/progress

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gc-improvements-ideas-progress/99537>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [May 29, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gc-improvements-ideas-progress/99537 "2023-05-29T04:37:36Z")\
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> [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](#):
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> … reference counting

Regarding reference counting (and slightly off-topic): Is there (or should there be) reference counting in a package (or Base?), to avoid allocations (and hence GC) by re-using memory? Cf. my question in [Reference counting and disposables](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reference-counting-and-disposables/98875)

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