> From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa [mailto:ragnar at linalco.com] 
> I want to automatically call self terminate on an object on 
> destruction (or when it goes out of scope..)

Smalltalk objects are not 'destroyed'.  They are garbage-collected at
some time after no other object references them.  The 'some time after'
could be microseconds or days.

> I can't find out how to write a destructor 
> or something functionally equivalent.

Check out implementors of 'finalize' (IIRC).  In essence, you hold onto
the object using a weak array; are notified when it is
garbage-collected; and clear appropriate fields based on copies of the
data in the object.

		- Peter