Hi,
I've got a question about something which actually works, but I'd like to
know why...
If you create a form in a subroutine and "show" it, once the subroutine
finishes, technically the new form should be out of scope. I guess in a
sence it is, because you can never "get ahold of it" again. However the
form is still there. Maybe my question should be, is the following code bad
style and could it lead to some undesirable effects?
Private Sub MySub()
Dim f as new SomeForm()
f.show()
End Sub 5 1132 If you create a form in a subroutine and "show" it, once the subroutine finishes, technically the new form should be out of scope. I guess in a sence it is, because you can never "get ahold of it" again. However the form is still there. Maybe my question should be, is the following code bad style and could it lead to some undesirable effects?
First of all, scope != lifetime in .NET. An object can still be alive
in memory after it goes out of scope, but before the garbage collector
removes it.
For forms specifically, there's some additional magic behind the
scenes to keep the Form objects alive as long as the window is shown.
So no, your code isn't "bad".
Mattias
--
Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
Please reply only to the newsgroup.
Thanks a lot for the response.
I've got a follow up question:
Suppose I have a 'global' collection called MyCollection. I then fill it in
a subroutine like:
Private Sub FillCollection()
Dim i as integer
for i = 1 to 10
Dim SomeObject as new SomeThingOrOther()
MyCollection.add(SomeObject)
next
end sub
The collection never seems to lose the stuff inside of it, but the
declaration of 'SomeObject' in this scope feels weird.
Is there a chance that the garbage collector could eat the contents of my
collection?
Samud
"Mattias Sjögren" <ma********************@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... If you create a form in a subroutine and "show" it, once the subroutine finishes, technically the new form should be out of scope. I guess in a sence it is, because you can never "get ahold of it" again. However the form is still there. Maybe my question should be, is the following code
badstyle and could it lead to some undesirable effects?
First of all, scope != lifetime in .NET. An object can still be alive in memory after it goes out of scope, but before the garbage collector removes it.
For forms specifically, there's some additional magic behind the scenes to keep the Form objects alive as long as the window is shown. So no, your code isn't "bad". Mattias
-- Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com Please reply only to the newsgroup.
Thanks a lot for the response.
I've got a follow up question:
Suppose I have a 'global' collection called MyCollection. I then fill it in
a subroutine like:
Private Sub FillCollection()
Dim i as integer
for i = 1 to 10
Dim SomeObject as new SomeThingOrOther()
MyCollection.add(SomeObject)
next
end sub
The collection never seems to lose the stuff inside of it, but the
declaration of 'SomeObject' in this scope feels weird.
Is there a chance that the garbage collector could eat the contents of my
collection?
Samud
"Mattias Sjögren" <ma********************@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... If you create a form in a subroutine and "show" it, once the subroutine finishes, technically the new form should be out of scope. I guess in a sence it is, because you can never "get ahold of it" again. However the form is still there. Maybe my question should be, is the following code
badstyle and could it lead to some undesirable effects?
First of all, scope != lifetime in .NET. An object can still be alive in memory after it goes out of scope, but before the garbage collector removes it.
For forms specifically, there's some additional magic behind the scenes to keep the Form objects alive as long as the window is shown. So no, your code isn't "bad". Mattias
-- Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com Please reply only to the newsgroup.
No, it won't -- the MyCollection object is holding a reference to
SomeObject. As long as the object is referenced by something reachable, it
will not be garbage collected. (If you drop your reference to
MyCollection, then it will no longer be reachable -- and neither will
SomeObject. At this point, they're both candidates for garbage collection)
"Samud" <si****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40***********************@nan-newsreader-01.noos.net... Thanks a lot for the response.
I've got a follow up question:
Suppose I have a 'global' collection called MyCollection. I then fill it
in a subroutine like:
Private Sub FillCollection() Dim i as integer for i = 1 to 10 Dim SomeObject as new SomeThingOrOther() MyCollection.add(SomeObject) next end sub
The collection never seems to lose the stuff inside of it, but the declaration of 'SomeObject' in this scope feels weird.
Is there a chance that the garbage collector could eat the contents of my collection?
Samud
"Mattias Sjögren" <ma********************@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...If you create a form in a subroutine and "show" it, once the subroutine finishes, technically the new form should be out of scope. I guess in
asence it is, because you can never "get ahold of it" again. However
theform is still there. Maybe my question should be, is the following
code badstyle and could it lead to some undesirable effects?
First of all, scope != lifetime in .NET. An object can still be alive in memory after it goes out of scope, but before the garbage collector removes it.
For forms specifically, there's some additional magic behind the scenes to keep the Form objects alive as long as the window is shown. So no, your code isn't "bad". Mattias
-- Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com Please reply only to the newsgroup.
No, it won't -- the MyCollection object is holding a reference to
SomeObject. As long as the object is referenced by something reachable, it
will not be garbage collected. (If you drop your reference to
MyCollection, then it will no longer be reachable -- and neither will
SomeObject. At this point, they're both candidates for garbage collection)
"Samud" <si****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40***********************@nan-newsreader-01.noos.net... Thanks a lot for the response.
I've got a follow up question:
Suppose I have a 'global' collection called MyCollection. I then fill it
in a subroutine like:
Private Sub FillCollection() Dim i as integer for i = 1 to 10 Dim SomeObject as new SomeThingOrOther() MyCollection.add(SomeObject) next end sub
The collection never seems to lose the stuff inside of it, but the declaration of 'SomeObject' in this scope feels weird.
Is there a chance that the garbage collector could eat the contents of my collection?
Samud
"Mattias Sjögren" <ma********************@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...If you create a form in a subroutine and "show" it, once the subroutine finishes, technically the new form should be out of scope. I guess in
asence it is, because you can never "get ahold of it" again. However
theform is still there. Maybe my question should be, is the following
code badstyle and could it lead to some undesirable effects?
First of all, scope != lifetime in .NET. An object can still be alive in memory after it goes out of scope, but before the garbage collector removes it.
For forms specifically, there's some additional magic behind the scenes to keep the Form objects alive as long as the window is shown. So no, your code isn't "bad". Mattias
-- Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com Please reply only to the newsgroup.
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