From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2009-04-29T02:28:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Opposite of initialize

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Robert Klemme
<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:

>>> I'm looking for the opposite function of initialize() as I need to
>>> call something before an object is "destroyed".

> And the finalizer is called *after* the object has gone!

So "before" it's destroyed and "after" it's destroyed are two different
things.

ObjectSpace#finalizer wouldn't seem to fit the original request, if the
OP is looking to actually *do* anything with the object (retrieve some
attribute or whatever).

Curious whether there's something else that would enable that case.

-- 
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