[squeak-dev] HasNewFinalization important?

Levente Uzonyi leves at elte.hu
Fri Aug 2 15:37:51 UTC 2013


On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Bob Arning wrote:

> WeakFinalizationList
>     instanceVariableNames: 'first'
>     classVariableNames: 'HasNewFinalization ...
> 
> I've been trying to figure out why some code of mine is failing. WeakRegistries are in the mix and I notice that HasNewFinalization is false. Does this matter?

No. The "new" finalization scheme requires a VM patch. If it's not 
available, then HasNewFinalization is false.


Levente

> 
> Cheers,
> Bob
> 
>


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