From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27569 invoked by alias); 12 Nov 2005 22:14:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 27558 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Nov 2005 22:14:00 -0000 Received: from mailer.xmail.net (HELO mailer.xmail.net) (65.110.6.10) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:14:00 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.239.77.234] by www.xmail.net with HTTP for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:10:01 -0800 Message-ID: <1131833401.43766839c6d8d@x-mail.net> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:14:00 -0000 From: Fred Pendleton To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Objective-C GC object finalization. X-Mail.net: *** Free Web Based E-Mail & Hosting *** Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2005-11/txt/msg00188.txt.bz2 Do the GCC Objective-C garbage collection facilities offer object finalization, similar in nature to that offered by the finalize() method of Java? Is there a -finalize message that is sent to each Objective-C object before it is deallocated, for instance? If not, is there a recommended and portable way of getting the garbage collector to invoke such a method before collecting an object? Much obliged, Fred ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free X-Mail.net, Voice Calls (VoIP) and Messages, Messenger, http://www.x-mail.net SnoopBlocker Anonymous SSL Secure Web Surfing, http://www.snoopblocker.com Search Teradex Web Site Directory http://www.teradex.com