"Schwab,Wilhelm" == Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu> writes:
Wilhelm> I am trying to add finalization to something and appear to be at a Wilhelm> point that finalization does not happen until I open the process Wilhelm> browser. Any ideas? You're already past the point where you realize that finalization happens "sometime in the future" right? As in, it won't happen until the VM happens to notice that nobody holds a reference to the object, typically during a garbage collection sweep. If you're not past that point, you soon will be. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion