Agree. References are more better solution. I think, ClassLib developers should use them instead finalizable objects.
BR Pavel Afremov On 12/28/06, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Dec 28, 2006, at 1:56 AM, Weldon Washburn wrote: > I noticed this when running various hacked up versions of Finx.java > on Sun > JVM. If for whatever reason a finalizer hangs or goes into an > infinite > loop, the remaining unexecuted finalizers might never get a chance > to run. > The Java application must be developed with this possibility in mind. > > There is really nothing "final" about finalizers. A better term > would be > "dead object hint". Or "really bad feature that people shouldn't use" geir > > -- > Weldon Washburn > Intel Enterprise Solutions Software Division
