[Python.NET] calling Finalize directly

[mtraudt]

Brian,

It reports an error.  It seems to not understand that your static Finalize()
method is different than the one called by the GC.  I agree that this is a
bug, although you might be better off changing the name to Cleanup() or
something else less likely to confuse compilers (and humans).

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Lloyd [mailto:brian at zope.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:55 AM
> To: mtraudt; pythondotnet at python.org
> Subject: RE: [Python.NET] calling Finalize directly
> 
> > I realize that you cannot currently build on mono due to other 
> > limitations, but it seems that mcs also does not like the fact that 
> > you call Finalize() directly in some cases.
> > 
> > The MS compiler does not complain, although on MSDN it says 
> not to do 
> > this, and to use Dispose() instead.  Is there any reason 
> why you call
> > Finalize() directly?
> 
> All of the Finalize methods that are called directly are 
> static methods (e.g., they are *not* destructor aliases and 
> unrelated to the Dispose pattern). They match (also static) 
> Initialize() methods for a few classes in the runtime that 
> can't rely on static constructors (because they need to be 
> run in a specific order).
> 
> So I suspect that mcs is wrong in this case, but I'm not a 
> CLI laywer ;) Does mcs give you an error, or just a warning?
> 
> 
> Brian Lloyd        brian at zope.com
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