Re: [platform-swt-dev] usage finalize() as last resort of resource manag

[Danail Nachev <d.nachev@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have read this document, but it is explaining why finalize() shouldn't 
be used as system resource management mechanism. The discussion which I 
try to find is answer to the question: why finalize() isn't used as last 
resort for freeing system resources as it is used for FileInputStream 
for example? Am I missing something here?
I fully understand the reasons behind the design decision about not 
using GC as management mechanism. The bug report explains fully the 
question which I'm trying to find answer to, so I'll not repeat it.
So, is the discussion answering this specific question is available 
somewhere online?

Thank you,
Danail

Carolyn MacLeod wrote:
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> Hello, everybody,
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> First, I want to apologize for introducing again the hot topic for
> resource management in SWT. Because I don't want to start another
> thread on this I want to read the old information on this. But I
> cannot find it (more interested on the exact question: 'why resource
> management doesn't use finalize() as last resort?). Only found this
> very bug:
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> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=123765
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> The last comment states that this have been already discussed, but I
> couldn't find this discussion. Is it available online or it is some
> internal discussion? Could someone point me in the right direction,
> because I only find discussions, where the questioner has been
> redirected to the document describing the resource management in SWT,
> which however, hasn't the answer to the exact question.
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> Best regards,
> Danail
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