From: Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@...>
Date: 2009-12-21T15:38:32+09:00
Subject: Re: DESTROY in ruby

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Tech W. <TechWWW@yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does ruby have a DESTROY method in its class? like,
>
> class Myclass
>   def DESTROY
>      something
>   end
> end
>

There isn't a "DESTROY" (or "destroy") method defined by default. They
are legal names for methods you define (though DESTROY conventionally
would be a constant, not a method.)

You may be looking for C++-style destructors, which given the
difference in memory management and object lifecycle between Ruby and
C++ aren't really present in Ruby.

You'd probably get more useful answers asking for what you want to DO
rather than looking for a method name.