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finalize.js's Introduction

finalize

Node module to register a garbage collector callback for objects

Usage

var finalize = require('finalize');

var obj = { x: 1337 };
finalize(obj, function () {
  console.log(this.x); // this will print '1337'
});
global.gc();
// nothing will happen, var obj above holds obj alive
obj = null;
global.gc();
// the previous line should trigger the callback above

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finalize.js's Issues

error handling

in the case where a strong reference cannot be obtained, there is no signaling to the caller that the object was gc'ed.

The check if (!strongref) will fail if the gc happens to run between statements (is that possible in node?)

some ideas on lack of strongref, either:

  1. call the callback, with the first arg an error obj (with this possibly set to null)
  2. return a Boolean from finalize
  3. throw an Error

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