Handling referencing class parent instances in a GC friendly way.

[realhet via Digitalmars-d-learn]

Hi,

class A{
  A parent;
  A[] items;
  void myDestroy(){
    items.each!(i => i.myDestroy);
    parent = null;
    // after this point I think the GC will release it 
automatically, and it will call ~this() too. Am I right?
  }
}

I have a hierarchy of class instances forward and backward linked 
to its items ant its parent.

What is a proper way to destroy an instance of class A? Is 
calling instance.myDestroy sufficient?

Am I right that this kind of uninitialization MUST not go into 
the ~this() destructor, because of the references the instance is 
holding, the system will never call the ~this()?

Or is there a better way for this type of thing in Dlang?


Thanks in advance!