Re: [MacPerl] Garbage collection

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 04.09 +1030 1999.11.21, Henry Penninkilampi wrote:
>Assumptions:  When a user quits a MacPerl application, a 'quit' Apple
>Event is sent by the MacOS to that application.  The application is
>responsible for performing any garbage collection that is required.
>
>Question:  If I wanted to do something like append a log entry to a file
>or cleanly disconnect from a remote server before quitting, would anyone
>care to speculate as to how this would best be accomplished?

Use END {}.

  END {
    # clean up code here
  }

No need to try to overload any Apple events.

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