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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Allen Bauer, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/4434 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for enabling automatic reference counting are disclosed. A source code is searched for a particular pattern via a compiler associated with a computer system, wherein the source code is written in an existing language and wherein the particular pattern is for a reference associating an object with a portion of memory. The particular pattern is recognized at the computer system. The particular pattern is replaced with an automatic reference counting implementation at the computer system. The source code is executed with the automatic reference counting implementation.