Alex Hoppen 28f5f79bb7 [libSyntax] Don't reference count RawSyntax ...

Instead, only reference count the SyntaxArena that the RawSyntax nodes
live in. The user of RawSyntax nodes must guarantee that the SyntaxArena
stays alive as long as the RawSyntax nodes are being accessed.

During parse time, the SyntaxTreeCreator holds on to the SyntaxArena
in which it creates RawSyntax nodes. When inspecting a syntax tree,
the root SyntaxData node keeps the SyntaxArena alive. The change should
be mostly invisible to the users of the public libSyntax API.

This change significantly decreases the overall reference-counting
overhead. Since we were not able to free individual RawSyntax nodes
anyway, performing the reference-counting on the level of the
SyntaxArena feels natural.

2021-03-01 09:43:54 +01:00

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