This has been a very good thread. It has cleared up several issues for me.
Mark Potter -----Original Message----- From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Heath Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Disposing of objects > I respectfully disagree that 3 is the most important option. The reason for > the finalizer is to ensure that unmanaged resources get cleaned up even if <snip> I think Ian was referring to a managed class (A) that wraps a managed class (B) that uses an unmanaged resource (R). The class B should implement both the dispose and the finalize method; class A should only implement the dispose but not the finalize method; Class A cannot do anything in the finalize method regarding to class B (it is 'verboten' to call methods of managed fields with in finalize method), so the finalize method is not needed at all. On the other hand, a dispose method on class A has it usefulness, since the dev can free up R, through class A, early. HTH // Ryan =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
