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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Reference counting and idempotent finalize
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"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org> writes:

> ARM 7.6.1 says, "It is a bounded error for a call on Finalize or
> Adjust that occurs as part of object finalization or assignment to
> propagate an exception." My practice has, therefore, been to always
> ensure that Finalize cannot propagate an exception.

If one of my programs were to raise an exception in Finalize it would be
because I hadn't understood the problem - or because Storage_Error - and
in either case it wouldn't be safe to continue.