From: peter.meier998@...
Date: 2009-04-29T02:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Opposite of initialize

Thanks. Exacalty what I need. Haven't seen it.

On Apr 28, 5:55 pm, Eleanor McHugh <elea...@games-with-brains.com>
wrote:
> On 28 Apr 2009, at 17:45, peter.meier...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for the opposite function of initialize() as I need to
> > call something before an object is "destroyed".
>
> ObjectSpace#define_finalizer allows you to have a proc executed when  
> an object is about to be destroyed. If I remember rightly this is when  
> the object is actually garbage collected, which can be some time after  
> all its references have been released.
>
> Ellie
>
> Eleanor McHugh
> Games With Brainshttp://slides.games-with-brains.net
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> raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason