From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2003-05-21T05:14:06+09:00
Subject: Re: An Object Going Out Of Scope


"Jim Weirich" <jweirich@one.net> wrote in message
news:1053406677.17559.8.camel@traken...

> How about this syntax ...
>
>    auto(foo=MyObject.new, :cleanup) do
>      # use foo
>    end

fine if you can handle multiple objects this way. Mauricios suggestion does
that, but does not allow you to specify cleanup method. This, of course can
be done in many ways.

> > { auto(:$critsec, :exit); @critsec.enter; .... }
> >
>
> Critcal sections are better handled by blocks ...
>
>   lock(mutex) do
>     # critical section
>   end

Like files, except when you want both at the same time. You can probably get
a way with nesting though.

Mikkel