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From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
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Subject: Re: memory management and productivity
Date: 22 Jun 2004 09:53:49 +0200
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>>>>> "MD" == Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@baesystems.com> writes:

    MD> "Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen"
    MD> <ole-hjalmar.kristensen@substitute_employer_here.com> wrote in message
    MD> news:wvbrsmcp2uqd.fsf@europa1.Norway.Sun.COM...
    >> > In Ada, when an object goes out of scope (assuming it has been created
    >> > in the stack and not with the "new" operator), it's automatically
    >> > finished so you have one less thing to care about.
    >> 
    >> This is exactly the same as C++.  I would say that Ada and C++ are
    >> more or less on equal footing when it comes to garbage collection in
    >> practice.

    MD> No! Please try the example I posted - in Ada an access to a controlled
    MD> object is automatically finalized - this is different (and better!) than
    MD> C++.

    MD> Cheers

    MD> -- Martin

Well, perhaps, but what Jano described is exactly like C++.
Doesn't the automatic finalization of an access to a controlled
object happen only when the *type* goes out of scope?

-- 
   C++: The power, elegance and simplicity of a hand grenade.