Phantom Reference

A weak type of reference that does not prevent garbage collection of its referent.

ProgrammingMemory ManagementGarbage CollectionObject Reference

Complexity

Current best complexity is 63:

Phantom Reference
63
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Statistics

Discovered by
1board
Best recipe held by
1board
First discovered
2 daysago
Crafted
1time
Made with
1recipe
Used in
2recipes

Highlights

  1. First discovered by
    Alex's board
    · 2 days ago
  2. Lowest complexity63first held by
    Alex's board
    · 46 hours ago
  3. Last crafted by
    Alex's board
    · 2 days ago
  4. Last used in a recipe by
    Alex's board
    · 2 days ago

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Technical information

Concept ID
327175
Color
#5e7c7d
Emoji
👻/🗑️👻
Categories
Programming, Memory Management, Garbage Collection, Object Reference
Best complexity
63
First discovered
Aug 29, 2026, 10:47 UTC
Trademarked
No
Copyrighted
No

About "Phantom Reference" concept

Phantom Reference can be discovered in Concepts, categorized under Programming, Memory Management, Garbage Collection, Object Reference. A weak type of reference that does not prevent garbage collection of its referent.

It has been discovered by 1 board and crafted 1 time, first appearing 2 days ago. Phantom Reference can be created from 1 recipe, and goes on to appear as an ingredient in 2 others.

Phantom Reference was first discovered by Alex's board 2 days ago. They also hold the lowest-complexity recipe, at 63.

Related concepts worth exploring include Infinite Loop, Recursion, Loop, Binary Code, Null, Algorithm, and 6 more.

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