[PD-dev] [initbang]: any use?

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> actually this example belongs to the only group of objects where i can 
> see the use for a closebang.

It shouldn't be called "closebang" because in the case of abstractions the 
thing called "close" only closes the window, so it only hides the 
instance, not destroying it. If it destroyed the instance, it could be 
called:

  * "delete" in C++ calls the destructor and frees the memory
  * destructor in C++ never frees memory
  * "delete" in DesireData GUI is both a destructor and frees the memory
  * "free"   in PureData C interface is both a destructor and frees the 
memory
  * "free" in C just frees the memory
  * "free" in Ruby C interface is both a destructor and frees most of the 
memory
  * "finalize" in Ruby and Java is a destructor but never frees memory

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