[gclist] A Java question.

[Johny]

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> From: johnm-gclist@non.net
> To: gclist@iecc.com
> Subject: Re: [gclist] A Java question.
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 5:51 AM
> 
> >>>>> "Charles" == Charles Fiterman <cef@geodesic.com> writes:
> > At 12:35 PM 3/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
> [...]
> >>> I think you may be talking about the fact that once a finalizer has
been
> >>> called once, it will not be called again.
> >>  A finalizer may be called more than once in some circumstances.
> 
> > I wonder how they do all this. The only safe algorithm I can come up
with
> > uses a write barrier on pointers.
> 
> Check out JLS section 12.6.1, page 231, "Implementing Finalization".
> 
> John
>