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5.4.2 Releasing COM objects from memory

In a normal scenario, an out-of-process COM server should terminate when all references to its objects are released. This may be importart, as the creation of new instances might depend on the absence of a running one. LuaCOM integrates the standard COM mechanism of reference counting with Lua's garbage collection. This works fine in most situations, but there are some situations which demand a more careful analysis: For more information, see section 3.2.1.
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Fabio Mascarenhas de Queiroz 2005-06-06