Any 'delete' like message for object?

Bert Freudenberg bert at impara.de
Fri Dec 30 12:28:38 UTC 2005


Am 30.12.2005 um 10:05 schrieb Hilaire Fernandes:

> I was believing the release message was called when objet are  
> garbage collected. It appears it is not the case.
> What is the standard way to do some clean up before forgetting  
> about objet? Should it be done 'by hand' before?

This is the common way, yes. If you have very specific needs (like if  
you must make 100% sure some OS resource is released even in the case  
of unanticipated errors) you might consider finalization:

	http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/664

- Bert -




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