From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-10-31T18:09:22+09:00
Subject: Re: define_finalizer does NOT work

>>>>> "a" == ahoward  <ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov> writes:

a> thus the second technique does not work...

 it's normal

a> i found quite a few references that claim the finalizing proc may not
a> contain references to the object in question, since it would therefore,
a> never be candidate for gc...  my experiements show this to be true,

 yes, this is true

a>  but 'the book' seems to think otherwise... what's the deal?

 'the book' was written for 1.6.0, before this was corrected

a> note the 'about' part.  is this correct?

 yes if you have ruby < 1.6.3


Guy Decoux