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Should you make static variables using Disposable types?

A question with two answers: No, and Occasionally. I received this question last week: I'm still working through and enjoying "Effective C#", unfortunately my job has really intruded for...

Posted 03 October 2005 10:44 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: GC, C#

GC.SuppressFinalize in constructors?

SQLConnection, for one, calls GC.SuppressFinalization() in its constructor. Why would you do that? A fried of mine asked about the practice of calling GC.SuppressFinalize() in a constructor. He noticed...

Posted 09 February 2005 06:00 AM by wwagner | with no comments

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Eugenio Pace comments on IDisposable

Quote: "Why should a developer building "business solutions" ever care about closing a connection to a database, or even opening it?" Eugenio has an interesting take on IDisposable...

Posted 24 December 2004 12:00 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: GC, C#

Question and Answer on Non-Deterministic Finalization

Always close files and streams Question : I read your article Manage C# Objects in Visual Studio magazine. I'm having a problem using the XmlDataDocument class and was wondering if you think this is...

Posted 08 December 2004 04:47 PM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: GC, C#

Q & A On IDisposable and Memory Management

Wasn't this supposed to be easier? Hi Bill I am an independent MSCD for Microsoft .NET, and I always enjoy your writing. Your article beautifully explains the Dispose application implementation pattern...

Posted 20 April 2004 05:11 AM by wwagner | with no comments

Filed under: GC, C#