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A FastWeak which has been promoted to a strong reference. getFastWeakTicketValue can be used to get the referred to value without fear of Nothing, and getFastWeakTicketWeak can be used to get the weak version.

A reference to some value which can be garbage collected if there are only weak references to the value left.

getFastWeakValue can be used to try and obtain a strong reference to the value.

The value in a FastWeak can also be kept alive by obtaining a FastWeakTicket using getFastWeakTicket if the value hasn't been collected yet.

Synonymous with Weak.

Create a FastWeakTicket directly from a value, creating a FastWeak in the process which can be obtained with getFastWeakTicketValue.

Return the a kept alive by the given FastWeakTicket.

This needs to be in IO so we know that we've relinquished the ticket.

Demote a FastWeakTicket; which ensures the value is alive, to a FastWeak which doesn't. Note that unless the ticket for the same FastWeak is held in some other way the value might be collected immediately.

Get the value referred to by a FastWeak if it hasn't yet been collected, or Nothing if it has been collected.

Try to create a FastWeakTicket for the given FastWeak which will ensure the value referred remains alive. Returns Just if the value hasn't been collected and a ticket can therefore be obtained, Nothing if it's been collected.

A weak reference that is always empty