Does MyObj = Nothing release the objects memory/destroy it? 2

[joelwenzel]

Hi,

I've created a bunch of objects with the CreateObject method. To destroy them do I just set them equal to nothing or is there a destroy function or something?

 

[EBGreen]

Setting equal to nothing will destroy the object and release the system resources for the object. The garbage collection has also gotten better in VBScript, so the system resources for an object are also released whenever the object goes out of scope. I still think it is good practice to explicitly release the resources however.

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[PHV]

Does MyObj = Nothing
in fact:
Set MyObj = Nothing

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[joelwenzel]

Thanks for the info

 

[strongm]

>Setting equal to nothing will destroy the object
>the system resources for an object are also released whenever the object goes out of scope

Not quite true. In both cases what actually happens is that the object's reference count is decremented by one. Only when the reference count equals zero is the object destroyed and resources released

 

[EBGreen]

You are correct as usual strongm. You could have several variable refering to the same object and the resources would only be released after they were all set to nothing or went out of scope. My mistake.

[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]