[sldev] "Unreferenced" assets

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-05-20, at 06:22, Tateru Nino wrote:
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>> On 2008-05-19, at 17:10, Sean Lynch wrote:
>>> so yes in any case that llGiveInventory needs to make a new  
>>> asset, but I believe that unless you're giving a no-copy object,  
>>> a new asset isn't created by llGiveInventory, just a new  
>>> reference to the existing asset.
>>

>> Even modifiable assets like boxes?

> As soon as a copy-reference of an asset is modified, it forks and  
> becomes a new asset.

Three cheers for copy-on-write!