C#•17mo ago

Destructor not being called

I am testing a few things and am having trouble getting the destructor to work. It's supposed to print some text when called. Instead nothing happens. Anyone know why?

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jcotton42•8/18/24, 6:14 AM

Finalizers are called by the garbage collector @DevLop games, and there is no guarantee when they'll be called.

jcotton42•8/18/24, 6:15 AM

In general there are very very few cases where you need a finalizer.
And pretty much all of them involve unmanaged resources.

jcotton42•8/18/24, 6:16 AM

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/finalizers

Finalizers - C#

Finalizers in C# perform any necessary final clean-up when a class instance is being collected by the garbage collector.

jcotton42•8/18/24, 6:16 AM

given your use of "destructor" do you by chance have a background in C++? @DevLop games

Jjcotton42 given your use of "destructor" do you by chance have a background in C++? @DevLo...

DevLop gamesOP•8/18/24, 7:39 AM

I've used it before

DDevLop games I've used it before

jcotton42•8/18/24, 7:40 AM

C# does not have RAII like C++ does. Finalizers are not fired deterministically.

jcotton42•8/18/24, 7:40 AM

If you need deterministic destruction of something in C# use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-idisposable

System.IDisposable interface - .NET

Learn about the System.IDisposable interface.

DevLop gamesOP•8/18/24, 7:54 AM

Any simple way of doing it?

jcotton42•8/18/24, 7:54 AM

doing what?

DevLop gamesOP•8/18/24, 7:56 AM

Deleting resources when the project is closed or ended

jcotton42•8/18/24, 7:59 AM

@DevLop games https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/statements/using

using statement - ensure the correct use of disposable objects - C#...

Use the C# using statement or declaration to ensure the correct use of disposable objects