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by briancr 132 days ago
Also, if someone else has access to the member, meaning that there is an alias to the member, then the reference count should reflect that. Here’s an example:

i :: int | 1 reference

a := @i | 2 references

remove i | 1 reference

The data originally allocated for ‘i’ should persist because its reference count hasn’t hit zero yet.