Finalizer not called
c#, finalizer
Solution
The finalizer (which is what you're using here) is only called during the Finalization phase, which will happen during GC.
If you implement IDisposable correctly, this should never get called. I cover this in detail on my series on IDisposable.
That being said, if your "communication ports" are handled via managed classes, you shouldn't use a finalizer at all. This is adding overhead that does not help you whatsoever. Just implement IDisposable (properly), and let the managed wrappers around the port classes handle finalization if required.
Problem
I have a class in C# where I want to close out some communication ports properly when my class is being disposed. However, the finalizer is never being called when I exit the program. Why is that? Am I doing something wrong? I am calling the dispose manually which goes through and closes all communications. This is not fired either. Here is the finalizer I am using: ``` ~Power() { Dispose(false); } ```