On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:34 PM, sclytrack <sclytr...@iq87.fr> wrote:
> On 05/25/2012 05:42 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:37:52 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer >> <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:28:07 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen >>> <a...@lycus.org> wrote: >>> >>> On 25-05-2012 17:23, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:03:33 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen >>>>> <a...@lycus..org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 25-05-2012 16:56, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Wow, you're right, it's not documented. That should be fixed! >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Before we do, we should deprecate clear and rename it to finalize, >>>>>> though. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I don't like finalize because it's not a finalizer. >>>>> >>>>> I think we should mimic other languages that have a finalizer and a >>>>> deterministic dispose function. >>>>> >>>>> -Steve >>>>> >>>> >>>> But it calls rt_finalize...? >>>> >>> >>> Yeah, because non-deterministic destruction is part of deterministic >>> destruction. >>> >>> finalize -> destroy non-gc resources >>> dispose -> 1. do deterministic destruction involving possible GC >>> resources 2. call finalize. >>> >>> e.g. a buffered file: >>> >>> finalize -> close the file handle >>> dispose -> flush the GC allocated buffer into the handle, then close >>> the handle >>> >> >> I take it back, dispose is no good. That should be the name of the >> deterministic destructor in the object. >> >> Now I don't have a good name. Finalize isn't right, and neither is >> dispose... >> >> -Steve >> > > blank, destroy, trash, dump, zero, bleach, cleanup, > sanitize, burn, nuke, eject, jetisson, discard, > landfill, waste, litter, debris, recycle, obliterate, > annihilate, eradicate, expunge, finish, ravage, wipe, > zap, abolish, decimate, demolish, massacre, murder, > ruin, slaughter, quash, scrub, splat > > > I'm partial to defenestrate().