How can I find all objects that reference myObject?

Question

I have an object myObject and I'm not sure who's holding references to it. (I want to know because I'm reverse engineering something.)

I found the button "Objects pointing to this value" in the inspector, but it doesn't bring up anything, even if I make another object that's pointing, like this:

OrderedCollection new add: self ; inspect

Clearly, that button is broken! So, how can I get all referencing objects?

I'm using the Moose 4.6 image.

Answer 1

PointerExplorer openOn: myObject works in Pharo, but it's slightly broken in Moose 4.6. For a quick fix revert ObjectExplorerWrapper >> icon to the previous version (AlainPlantec 12/6/2009 22:13)

In Pharo/Squeak, you can use:

myObject pointersTo

Answer 2

In Squeak 4.5

PointerFinder pointersTo: myObject

and

PointerExplorer new openExplorerFor: myObject

Answer 3

In Pharo/Squeak, you can use: myObject pointersTo