On 05/25/2012 05:42 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:37:52 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer
<schveiguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:28:07 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen
<alex@lycus.org> wrote:
On 25-05-2012 17:23, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:03:33 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen
<alex@lycus..org> wrote:
On 25-05-2012 16:56, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Wow, you're right, it's not documented. That should be fixed!
Before we do, we should deprecate clear and rename it to finalize,
though.
I don't like finalize because it's not a finalizer.
I think we should mimic other languages that have a finalizer and a
deterministic dispose function.
-Steve
But it calls rt_finalize...?
Yeah, because non-deterministic destruction is part of deterministic
destruction.
finalize -> destroy non-gc resources
dispose -> 1. do deterministic destruction involving possible GC
resources 2. call finalize.
e.g. a buffered file:
finalize -> close the file handle
dispose -> flush the GC allocated buffer into the handle, then close
the handle
I take it back, dispose is no good. That should be the name of the
deterministic destructor in the object.
Now I don't have a good name. Finalize isn't right, and neither is
dispose...
-Steve