Memory management question

[Paul]

Hi all,

I'm still learning about dispose()'ing of resources and i'm curious if
there is anything I should do in the following circumstance:

rtbBrowseEntryB ody.SelectionFo nt = new Font(<font info>);

By using the 'new' keyword i'm allocating memory. Should I do anything
to free this memory after the section which needs it is finished? Or
should it just be left to GC? Or should I not be using such statements,
but something else.

Any help would be appreciated,

Paul

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

RE: Memory management question

In general, you do not need to worry about Dispose unless an object
implements IDisposable and has a Dispose method, or if you have an object you
are writing that holds onto unmanaged resources.

The Garbage Collector takes care of all this for you. When an object is out
of scope and is no longer referenced, the Garbage man sees it's been put out
to the street and picks it up.
Peter
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"Paul" wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm still learning about dispose()'ing of resources and i'm curious if
> there is anything I should do in the following circumstance:
>
> rtbBrowseEntryB ody.SelectionFo nt = new Font(<font info>);
>
> By using the 'new' keyword i'm allocating memory. Should I do anything
> to free this memory after the section which needs it is finished? Or
> should it just be left to GC? Or should I not be using such statements,
> but something else.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Paul
>
>[/color]

[Craig Deelsnyder]

Re: Memory management question

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:35:18 -0600, Paul <Gef.Mongoose@g mail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm still learning about dispose()'ing of resources and i'm curious if
> there is anything I should do in the following circumstance:
>
> rtbBrowseEntryB ody.SelectionFo nt = new Font(<font info>);
>
> By using the 'new' keyword i'm allocating memory. Should I do anything
> to free this memory after the section which needs it is finished? Or
> should it just be left to GC? Or should I not be using such statements,
> but something else.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
>
> Paul
>[/color]

General rule I've heard and follow is don't get involved in
disposing/finalizing unless it's a large, memory-intensive object where
it'd be beneficial to reclaim memory as quickly as possible, or if it's a
reference to an unmanaged component.

--
Craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET