out of scope

[JT]

Hi,

I like to output log to help with debugging. When there's a lot of recursive
functions, I like to increase the indentation of each line so I know where I
am "in the recursiveness". To do that indentation (when I program in c++), I
use a class that increases the indentation in the consturctor, and decreases
it in the destructor. When an instance of that class goes out of scope, the
indentation is automatically decreased. It works great.

Anyway, is there a way to do that in C#? I quickly ported my C++ code, but
quickly noticed that the destructor wasn't getting called. So the
indentation kept increasing, never decreasing. Is there any way to have a
member function called as soon as a variable goes out of scope in c#?

Thanks
JT

 

[Frank Oquendo]

Anyway, is there a way to do that in C#? I quickly ported my C++
code, but quickly noticed that the destructor wasn't getting called.
So the indentation kept increasing, never decreasing. Is there any
way to have a member function called as soon as a variable goes out
of scope in c#?

C# does not support finalistic determination. Implement IDisposable and have
the Dispose method call the code to decrease the indent.

BTW, the Trace and Debug classes have simple indentation properties. You
might want to check them out.

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[Jeff Louie]

JT as Frank posted destructors are not deterministic in C#. I have a
list of
similar c++ gumption traps including a discussion of pass by ref at:

http://www.geocities.com/jeff_louie/OOP/oop5.htm

Regards,
Jeff

use a class that increases the indentation in the consturctor, and

decreases it in the destructor.<