From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2008-02-05T04:16:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Extensions: Init_extension exists, looking for Deinit_extension

As you cannot explicitly unload a require, no there's nothing like
this because it's not needed. When the ruby interpreter shuts down,
the C runtime / OS cleans up anything opened during execution.

Jason

On Feb 4, 2008 12:32 PM, daniel åkerud <daniel.akerud@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am allocating a resource in Init_extension, that is, when the .so file is
> loaded. I am looking for a way to deallocate this resource even though no
> object has been created with the extension, in other words, I cannot release
> the resource with the garbage collector. Is there something for this?
>
> /D
>