From: Guillaume Cottenceau <gcottenc@...>
Date: 2005-04-13T20:15:28+09:00
Subject: Re: ability to run finalizers at a given point of a program?

> In your version, foo is in-scope when the finalizer proc is created, so
> the proc captures foo *even though it is not explicitly used in the
> proc*.  That's right!  Just because you don't reference foo inside a
> closure doesn't mean it magically disappears for you.

After a second thought, I then think that it reduces a lot the use of
the finalizer, because it means that it cannot do anything related to
the instance of the object being destroyed, or else it will retain a
reference to the object as you explain, right? If the closure,
wherever created, has a reference to any attribute of the class for
example.

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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://zarb.org/~gc/