9 Jun
2003
9 Jun
'03
5:39 p.m.
Ashley:
How do I create a new ForeignPtr that doesn't have any finalizers?
Malcolm:
Why would you want to?
addForeignPtrFinalizer lets you add them later. I'm guessing that Ashley is making heavy use of this ability. [What we have at the moment is the ability to attach a non-empty list of finalizers to an object. I don't immediately see a use for an empty list but my experience with various datatypes is that it is usually cleaner to allow the empty or zero case and I#'m hoping that Ashley will demonstrate how it is useful...] -- Alastair