ladybird/Libraries/LibGC/Forward.h
Andreas Kling 25a5ed94d6 LibGC: Add GC::Weak<T> as an alternative to AK::WeakPtr<T>
This is a weak pointer that integrates with the garbage collector.
It has a number of differences compared to AK::WeakPtr, including:

- The "control block" is allocated from a well-packed WeakBlock owned by
  the GC heap, not just a generic malloc allocation.

- Pointers to dead cells are nulled out by the garbage collector
  immediately before running destructors.

- It works on any GC::Cell derived type, meaning you don't have to
  inherit from AK::Weakable for the ability to be weakly referenced.

- The Weak always points to a control block, even when "null" (it then
  points to a null WeakImpl), which means one less null check when
  chasing pointers.
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2024, Shannon Booth <shannon@serenityos.org>
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
*/
#pragma once
#include <AK/Types.h>
#include <LibGC/Export.h>
namespace GC {
class Cell;
class CellAllocator;
class DeferGC;
class ForeignCell;
class RootImpl;
class Heap;
class HeapBlock;
class NanBoxedValue;
class WeakContainer;
class WeakImpl;
template<typename T>
class Function;
template<class T>
class Root;
template<class T, size_t inline_capacity = 0>
class ConservativeVector;
template<class T, size_t inline_capacity = 0>
class RootVector;
}