Hi all,

I have a proposal to add *Deterministic Garbage Collector Pointer*
Here is code example:

#include <iostream>
#include "gc_ptr.hpp"

class Child;

class Parent {
 public:
  Parent() {
    std::cout << "Parent()" << std::endl;
  }

  ~Parent() {
    std::cout << "~Parent()" << std::endl;
  }

  void createChild() {
    child_ptr_.create_object();
  }

  memory::gc_ptr<Child> getChild() {
    return child_ptr_;
  }

  // Could be generated by compiler

  void connectToRoot(void * rootPtr) {
    child_ptr_.connectToRoot(rootPtr);
  }

  // Could be generated by compiler
  void disconnectFromRoot(bool isRoot, void * rootPtr) {
    child_ptr_.disconnectFromRoot(isRoot, rootPtr);
  }

 private:
  memory::gc_ptr<Child> child_ptr_;
};

class Child {
 public:
  Child() {
    std::cout << "Child()" << std::endl;
  }

  ~Child() {
    std::cout << "~Child()" << std::endl;
  }

  void setParent(memory::gc_ptr<Parent> parentPtr) {
    parent_ptr_ = parentPtr;
  }


  // Could be generated by compiler
  void connectToRoot(void * rootPtr) {
    parent_ptr_.connectToRoot(rootPtr);
  }

  // Could be generated by compiler
  void disconnectFromRoot(bool isRoot, void * rootPtr) {
    parent_ptr_.disconnectFromRoot(isRoot, rootPtr);
  }

 private:
  memory::gc_ptr<Parent> parent_ptr_;
};

int main() {
  memory::gc_ptr<Parent> parent;
  parent.create_object();
  parent->createChild();
  parent->getChild()->setParent(parent);
  return 0;
}

Methods *connectToRoot* and *disconnectFromRoot* will be added by compiler
We would follow the *Zero-overhead Principle*

Here is the reference implementation:
https://github.com/redradist/DeterministicGarbagePointer

Also I have implemented *draft* generator for this library

*Thanks, *

*Best RegardsDenis Kotov*

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*Best RegardsDenis Kotov*