Re: Class with task destructor

[Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:37:59 -0800, Rego, P. wrote:

>> Are you by any chance trying something like the RAII pattern in C++?
>> (which as far as I can see, stands for "automatic destruction is
>> orderly shutdown")
> Yes, something like this.
>  
>> If so, I think I'm with Dmitry, in that Controlled (or
>> Limited_Controlled) give you the tools to automate the process. 

> At this point it's not a big issue if the task knows the details. But
> the finalization timing concerns me a little. No problem if a task gets
> stuck when other is running, but I intend to run thousands of them in
> parallel, so I need to ensure this.

Well your user will simply free a controlled object; either by it going 
out of scope (if it's on the stack) or an explicit delete.

Since it's a controlled object, your "Finalize" is automatically called 
before the actual memory is released; it is up to you to write "Finalize" 
to shut the task down properly and only return when this is done. Then 
the actual deallocation will proceed safely. 
What is your concern about that sequence?

- Brian