From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2001-04-28T10:40:57+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:14360] Re: Question about define_finalizer Hi, In message "[ruby-talk:14342] Question about define_finalizer" on 01/04/28, Jim Freeze writes: |./test.rb:19: `method call on terminated object' (NotImplementedError) | |This error only shows up when the -rdebug option is set. |Am I doing something wrong or is this just a debugger warning? You can not access "self" within finalizers, because they are called AFTER releasing objects. matz.