>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andy> Could some kind soul please explain what I am doing wrong here? Andy> I have a model, called Fspace, which I have created several instances of, Andy> whilst I was testing it. Andy> Fspace allInstances size reports 9 instances. Andy> When I run Andy> Fspace allInstancesDo: Andy> [:each | Andy> each := nil. Andy> Transcript show: (each value); cr. Andy> Smalltalk garbageCollect] Andy> The transcript shows that the values are set to nil. However, the instances Andy> don't go away. So, what am I doing wrong? Setting "each" to "nil" there does nothing, since you aren't updating the object that was originally in "each". You need to tell anyone still holding a reference to your objects to let go. Some advice can be found at http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2176 -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
