Easy enough to test. On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Simon Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies everyone. Static reference to an instance does > sound on the surface to be the easiest solution. I have one doubt though: > It's occurred to me to wonder whether finalizers are guaranteed to be > executed when the app exits? They are executed when a garbage collection > happens but that's not the same thing. Does .NET do a garbage collection > on app exit or does it just rely on Windows freeing up everything? If it > doesn't then keeping a static reference presumably won't make any > difference. > > Ta > > Simon > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:33:14 -0700, Greg Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>why not keep a static reference to an instance of the class instead of >>using a static class? >> >>Cheers, >> >>Greg > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com >
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