From: "Paul Ranson" 

You mean there are connection pooling features in .NET? The problem
remains, how does the connection pool know that a connection is now free?

And C# does need 'it', that's why a halfway house has been added.

Paul

"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> C# doesn't need it, connection pooling is automatic.
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 21:39:18 +0100, "Paul Ranson"

> wrote in message :
>
>>I think you simply don't understand the elementary construct I'm talking
>>about.
>>
>>In C++ I can write code that I can prove closes the connection, or returns
>>it to the pool, on every path and in the presence of exceptions. It's
>>simple
>>and elegant at the user level. I don't understand why Java and C# don't
>>have
>>something similar, it would be compatible with existing syntax.
>>
>>Paul
>>

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