[Newbies] how do I get rid of things that pointer finder points to?

[Herbert König]

Hello Freeman,

FM> I figured out how to find bad reference to obsolete objects
FM> using pointer finder, but I still don't really understand how to
FM> hunt it down and get rid of it.

To hunt it down:
ThatClass allInstances inspect gives you an Array with all instances.
I forgot why I stopped using PointerFinder.

To get rid of it:
Open up an Inspector on every Object that references your obsolete
Object. There you set that reference (Ivar) to nil.

The you close all of the inspectors.

After that:
Smalltalk garbageCollect then Smalltalk forgetDoits.

The Swiki has some articles on this, one being "cleanig up junk".


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Cheers,

Herbert