Destructing Member Objects

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:12:18 +0200, Brian White <bcwhite at pobox.com> wrote:

> I understand that you're not supposed to delete member within the  
> destructor because, when called via the GC, it's possible that object  
> has already been destructed.
>
> Is there a way for the object to determine if it's being destructed as  
> part of a GC run or if it's being deleted explicitly?
>
> -- Brian


class foo
{
   private ~this()
   {
   }

   public kill()
   {
   // call any specific code you want here
   delete this;
   }
}

Then use foo.kill() instead of delete foo. Ugly, but works, I think.