Bob Lee writes:
> My point is that the empty synchronization blocks won't prevent the
> finalizer from running before the other methods have completed, nor
> will the volatile field accesses in #2. Am I missing something?
You are missing something. The empty sync block forces the object to be
reachable and so the finalizer can not run prior to the sync block
completing execution.
Cheers,
David Holmes
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