From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2007-03-01T11:43:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing a destructor is possible ?

On 2/28/07, Guillaume Nargeot
<guillaume.nargeotDONOTFUCKINGSPAM@fusionsystems.co.jp> wrote:
> I would like to know if it is possible to write (for a class) something like
> a destructor (like you do with C++), or something equivalent.
> If it is not possible, how can I do to perform some operations on the
> deletion of my object ?

Please look in the archives; this was just discussed last week.

In short, you can write a finalizer, but you'll never use it because
it may not be called. If you must release resources when your object
is destroyed, ensure that you provide a block form (like File.open).

-austin
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