From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2008-03-18T19:47:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Are Depreciated Methods "add_final" & "remove_final" supposed to ACTUALLY WORK?

>>>>> "C" == Charles Thornton <ceo@hawthorne-press.com> writes:

C>    add_final and remove_final  DO NOT WORK

 no, no it work. It's just a little strange :-)

vgs% ruby -e 'a = "A"; ObjectSpace.add_finalizer(proc { p 12 }); ObjectSpace.call_finalizer(a); p 24'
-e:1: warning: ObjectSpace::add_finalizer is deprecated; use define_finalizer
-e:1: warning: ObjectSpace::call_finalizer is deprecated; use define_finalizer
24
12
vgs% 

C>     If they are supposed to be non-functional a lot
C> of their code is still in place.

 add_finalizer was deprecated since 1.6.0 if I'm right.

Guy Decoux