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AK: Let's call decrementing reference counts "unref" instead of "deref"

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It always bothered me that we're using the overloaded "dereference"
term for this. Let's call it "unreference" instead. :^)
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Shared ownership is implemented via reference counting.
NonnullRefPtr<T> is a special variant of RefPtr with one additional property: it cannot be null. NonnullRefPtr is suitable as a return type from functions that are guaranteed to never return null, and as an argument type where the argument may not be null. In other words, if RefPtr is "\*", then NonnullRefPtr is "&".
Objects can only be held by RefPtr if they meet certain criteria. Specifically, they need to implement the functions `ref()` and `deref()`.
Objects can only be held by RefPtr if they meet certain criteria. Specifically, they need to implement the functions `ref()` and `unref()`.
To make a class T reference counted, you can simply make it inherit from RefCounted<T>. This will add all the necessary pieces to T.