auto classes and finalizers

[Sean Kelly]

kris wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>> Hmm.  'auto' works well and good for classes whose references are 
>> local variables, but .. what about objects whose lifetimes aren't 
>> determined by the return of a function?
>>
>> I.e. the Node class is used only in LinkedList.  When a LinkedList is 
>> killed, all its Nodes must die as well.  Since the Node references are 
>> kept in the LinkedList and not as local variables, there's no way to 
>> specify 'auto' for them.
> 
> Heck, the LinkedList dtor /cannot/ rely on the nodes being valid if they 
> are also managed by the GC :)
> 
> So, as I understand it, one cannot legitimately execute that example.

...unless the LinkedList has a deterministic lifetime :-)


Sean