RE: [DotGNU]Finalization

[Thong \(Tum\) Nguyen]

> It should print out "finalized!" thrice but it only prints it out
once.
> It looks like the first (and only the first) finalizable object is
never
> finalized.

That should be:

> It should print out "finalized!" thrice but it only prints it out
***twice***.
> It looks like the first (and only the first) finalizable object is
never
> finalized.

^Tum


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thong (Tum) Nguyen [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, 22 June 2003 9:52 p.m.
> To: 'Rhys Weatherley'; address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [DotGNU]Finalization
> 
> Ahh that makes sense.  I've got another problem though...
> 
> Check out this code:
> 
> using System;
> 
> public class TestFinalizer
> {
>         public class Pok
>         {
>                 ~Pok()
>                 {
>                         Console.WriteLine("finalized!");
>                 }
>         }
> 
>         public static void Main()
>         {
>                 new Pok();
>                 new Pok();
>                 new Pok();
> 
>                 GC.Collect();
>                 GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
>         }
> }
> 
> 
> It should print out "finalized!" thrice but it only prints it out
once.
> It looks like the first (and only the first) finalizable object is
never
> finalized.
> 
> I can't trace down the problem.
> 
> PS.  I have monitors working and finalizers are now running on a
> separate thread :D.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ^Tum
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rhys Weatherley [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Sunday, 22 June 2003 12:50 p.m.
> > To: Thong (Tum) Nguyen; address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [DotGNU]Finalization
> >
> > On Sunday 22 June 2003 10:28 am, Thong \(Tum\) Nguyen wrote:
> >
> > > It should print out "finalized!".
> >
> > Actually, it is doing the right thing for
"WaitForPendingFinalizers".
> If you
> > put "GC.Collect" just before the "WaitForPendingFinalizers" call,
then
> it
> > will print things.
> >
> > I tried it out on MS'es engine and the "WaitForPendingFinalizers"
> didn't do
> > anything either (because the GC hadn't run yet).  But once the
engine
> shut
> > down, it printed the messages.
> >
> > The problem is that we weren't running a final GC pass during engine
> shutdown
> > to run the remaining finalizers.  I just added this to
> "ILExecProcessDestroy"
> > and it seems to work now.  However, it will probably need adjusting
> once
> > threads are added to the system to properly shutdown the finalizer
> thread.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rhys.
> >
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