clear() and UFCS

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On 05/25/2012 05:42 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:37:52 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer
> <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:28:07 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen
>> <alex at lycus.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25-05-2012 17:23, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:03:33 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen
>>>> <alex at 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

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