Re: Remove usage of finalizers ?

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Remove usage of finalizers ?
Date: 2013-10-23 07:22:46
Message-ID: 52677946.4090907@hogranch.com
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On 10/23/2013 12:06 AM, Vitalii Tymchyshyn wrote:
> I am not big fan of finalizes. But you propose to remove mechanism
> that works most times, without introducing anything else.
> You are saying that as in my incorrect application (and I am 95% sure
> you've got incorrect application if you are getting finalizing objects
> piled up) it does not work, let's remove it altogether and make driver
> also wrong.

as an outsider to this stuff, with only a superficial understanding of
these finalizers, it seems to me they should log a warning if anything
leaks to them. you don't get rid of them entirely, they provide backup
sweeping up of neglected debris..

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john r pierce 37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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