JEP draft: Scope Locals

[Andrew Haley]

On 5/15/21 12:28 AM, Nathan Reynolds wrote:
> What about cleanup of the scoped objects?  For example, how do I ensure
> close() or some cleanup method is called at the right time on the scoped
> object?  Do I need to use a Weak/Soft/PhantomReference and a ReferenceQueue
> to track the object?  Do I use Cleaner?  Does the object need to implement
> finalize()... hopefully not?

All a scope local does is bind a value to a name, in a scope. This isn't
about C++-style destructors, which have their merits but are a different
subject.

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