Node module to register a garbage collector callback for objects
var finalize = require('finalize');
var obj = { x: 1337 };
finalize(obj, function () {
console.log(this.x); // this will print '1337'
});
global.gc();
// nothing will happen, var obj above holds obj alive
obj = null;
global.gc();
// the previous line should trigger the callback above
FAQs
Garbage collector callbacks for JavaScript/node.
The npm package finalize receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, finalize popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that finalize demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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