Re: [PHP4BETA] Automatic resource deallocation fails

On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 04:04:32PM +0100, Till Gerken wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to make use of automatic resource deallocation. Registering a > destructor for a resource is no problem, doing > > zend_list_insert() > zend_list_delete() > > will properly call the destructor. > > However, when I assign the resource value to a pval container and pass it > back as return value from a function, as soon as all references to this pval > container are lost (calling unset() on the variable, overwriting it with > different values etc.), the destructor is not being called. > > Am I required to decrease the reference count manually somewhere? no - that's all done for you. dir.c is the shortes source out there that uses resources - use that as a sample. > > Till > > > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net > -- Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany