GC and dispose

Hi,

When I create an instance of one of my classes inside a method, does it
make a difference if I call its Dispose method?

public class Foo : IDisposable
{
public Foo
{
}

public Foo anotherFoo = null;

public void Dispose()
{
}
}

Given the class above is there a difference between the two examples
below? When will the GC give back the memory? Does ExampleA confuse GC
when it comes to tracking and releasing foo2?

public void ExampleA()
{
Foo foo1 = new Foo();
Foo foo2 = new Foo();
Foo foo3 = new Foo();
foo1.anotherFoo = foo2;
foo1.anotherFoo = foo3;
}

public void ExampleB()
{
Foo foo1 = new Foo();
Foo foo2 = new Foo();
Foo foo3 = new Foo();
foo1.anotherFoo = foo2;
foo2.Dispose();
foo1.anotherFoo = foo3;
foo1.Dispose();
foo3.Dispose();
}

Thanx,

--
Petros
.

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