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finalizer

noun

Etymology

From finalize + -er.

  1. derived from fīnālis — “of or relating to the end or to boundaries”
  2. derived from final
  3. inherited from final
  4. suffixed as finalize — “final + ize”
  5. suffixed as finalizer — “finalize + er”

Definitions

  1. A function that runs when an object is garbage collected, similar to a destructor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for finalizer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA