Freeing memory phobia

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From: Martin Hart - Memory Soft, S.L. (memorysoft_at_infotelecom.es)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:46:21 +0100

I have a phobia about cleaning up after executing my code. Can someone in
the know help me :-)

-) If I add a delegate handler to a class, do I have to unplug it before
destroying the class for GC to work correctly?

-) Who actually calls Destroy if I implement IDisposable?

-) What is the difference between Destroy() and Destroy(bool) and who calls
each implementation and when?

-) Is it worth setting expired (variables I won't use again in a function)
variables to null to aid GC?

-) Can I or should I aid GC by using 'using' constructs or won't this help
if objects don't implement IDisposable?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Martin.

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