Re: StatusStrip control leaks its collection items

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On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:55:31 -0700, <carl.clawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 10, 12:52 pm, Family Tree Mike
<FamilyTreeM...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It would seem to make sense that you would have issues if you don't dispose
something that can be disposed.

I don't expect to have to dispose things explicitly unless there's a
reason that I need to have it done at a specific point in the code.
That's what the garbage collector is for.

This is categorically WRONG.

Jack's reply addresses this, but because it's so important, let me be very clear: if an object implements IDisposable, it's _essential_ that you call Dispose() on the object when you're done with it. The garbage collector is for releasing _managed_ memory. _Disposing_ objects is the exact opposite of "what the garbage collector is for".

Pete
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