clear() and UFCS

[Brad Anderson]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:34 PM, sclytrack <sclytrack at iq87.fr> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
> blank, destroy, trash, dump, zero, bleach, cleanup,
> sanitize, burn, nuke, eject, jetisson, discard,
> landfill, waste, litter, debris, recycle, obliterate,
> annihilate, eradicate, expunge, finish, ravage, wipe,
> zap, abolish, decimate, demolish, massacre, murder,
> ruin, slaughter, quash, scrub, splat
>
>
>
I'm partial to defenestrate().
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