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Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> I have it stuck in my head that Finalize can get called more than
> once. Which would make a mockery of (simple-minded) reference counting
> schemes, of course. Please tell me it ain't so! (or explain why it's
> not actually a problem ..)

That's OK because Finalize always sets its own rep ptr to null.  If
Finalize gets called again, then the ptr is null, in which case you do
nothing.