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not Finalize use Finally<br />

<pre><code id="code-184174">        Dim aList As New ArrayList
        Try
            Return aList
        Catch ex As Exception 
        Finally
            aList = Nothing
        End Try
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not Finalize use Finally


        Dim aList As New ArrayList
        Try
            Return aList
        Catch ex As Exception 
        Finally
            aList = Nothing
        End Try


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I have a function that creates an arraylist &amp;&nbsp;returns it... however after it is returned I want to make the arraylist variable = nothing<br />
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I get a warning with that a value isn't returned on all code paths<br />
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Dim aList as New ArrayList<br />
Try<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; ...<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Return aList<br />
Finalize<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; aList = nothing<br />
End Try<br />
<br />
is there a better way to do this?
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I have a function that creates an arraylist & returns it... however after it is returned I want to make the arraylist variable = nothing

I get a warning with that a value isn't returned on all code paths

Dim aList as New ArrayList
Try
    ...
    Return aList
Finalize
    aList = nothing
End Try

is there a better way to do this?

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