I think the person who wrote the line you quoted meant to say "implement IDisposable but not finalizer" (as recommended by Ian G for many cases). After all, you can't implement "disposable pattern" without having a finalizer.
At 03:11 PM 1/26/2005, Paul Mehner wrote >> All the rest can implement disposable pattern but not finalizer > >Yes, all the rest *can* implement this disposable pattern, but the true >question is *should* they. The IDisoposable code pattern was never meant to >be implemented by all (or even a majority) of your classes. The garbage >collector was designed to negate the need for such coding. To suggest that >"all the rest" can implement the disposable pattern might confuse some >developers into thinking that they *should* implement it everywhere (as the >post that started this thread seemed to advocate). Developers should only >implement the IDisposable code pattern on classes that require deterministic >operations or for which there is a clear and compelling benefit. > >Cheers! > >--Paul Mehner J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
