Re: Unmanaged resources in a static class

Easy enough to test.

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Simon Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the replies everyone.  Static reference to an instance does
> sound on the surface to be the easiest solution. I have one doubt though:
> It's occurred to me to wonder whether finalizers are guaranteed to be
> executed when the app exits? They are executed when a garbage collection
> happens but that's not the same thing. Does .NET do a garbage collection
> on app exit or does it just rely on Windows freeing up everything?  If it
> doesn't then keeping a static reference presumably won't make any
> difference.
>
> Ta
>
> Simon
>
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:33:14 -0700, Greg Young <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>why not keep a static reference to an instance of the class instead of
>>using a static class?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Greg
>
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