# IronRuby idiom for using (IDisposable)? **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [February 1, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668 "2010-02-01T10:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/1 "2010-02-01T10:06:46Z")
Hello, Is there a built-in way to achieve what C# ‘using’ does, with IronRuby ? Although it’s pretty easy to roll your own ( [My Other Pants » Disposable Code](http://myotherpants.com/2009/09/disposable-code)), I’d like to use the built-in way if there’s one. thanks! – Thibaut ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/2 "2010-02-01T10:08:31Z")
yes ## [http://github.com/casualjim/ironnails/blob/master/IronNails/vendor/iron\_nails/lib/core\_ext/kernel.rb#L17](http://github.com/casualjim/ironnails/blob/master/IronNails/vendor/iron_nails/lib/core_ext/kernel.rb#L17) Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto C. Blog: [http://flanders.co.nz](http://flanders.co.nz) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/casualjim](http://twitter.com/casualjim) Author of IronRuby in Action ([IronRuby in Action - Ivan Porto Carrero and Adam Burmister | Manning](http://manning.com/carrero)) On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Thibaut Barrère ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/3 "2010-02-01T10:09:07Z")
## you don’t need to provide the true anymore. It was a bug a year ago and I still have to update that Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto C. Blog: [http://flanders.co.nz](http://flanders.co.nz) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/casualjim](http://twitter.com/casualjim) Author of IronRuby in Action ([IronRuby in Action - Ivan Porto Carrero and Adam Burmister | Manning](http://manning.com/carrero)) On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Ivan Porto C. \< ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/4 "2010-02-01T10:37:48Z")
## it’s not a rubyism as such, so I don’t think it actually belongs in the core. But opinions may vary Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto C. Blog: [http://flanders.co.nz](http://flanders.co.nz) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/casualjim](http://twitter.com/casualjim) Author of IronRuby in Action ([IronRuby in Action - Ivan Porto Carrero and Adam Burmister | Manning](http://manning.com/carrero)) On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Thibaut Barrère ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/5 "2010-02-01T10:30:11Z")
Thanks Ivan, I like your version 🙂 Will something similar be added directly into IronRuby Kernel ? – Thibaut On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Ivan Porto C. \< ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/6 "2010-02-01T11:01:48Z")
> it’s not a rubyism as such, so I don’t think it actually belongs in the > core. But opinions may vary agreed - it’s an ironrubyism 🙂 I think we can add it straight to the FAQ, to the very least! – Thibaut ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/7 "2010-02-01T11:12:20Z")
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:46, Thibaut Barrère [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > it’s not a rubyism as such, so I don’t think it actually belongs in the > > core. But opinions may vary > > agreed - it’s an ironrubyism 🙂 I’m definitely against adding such a feature to the core (as Ivan said, it doesn’t belong to ruby), but… require ‘ironrubysm’ # just to reuse your term, but it could be something along these lines 🙂 Maybe we can have a separate gem that groups a bunch of typical .NET patterns in a more rubyish way. Thoughts? – Daniele A. > **[clorophilla.net](https://clorophilla.net/)** [http://twitter.com/JoL1hAHN](http://twitter.com/JoL1hAHN) ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/8 "2010-02-01T11:19:22Z")
> Maybe we can have a separate gem that groups a bunch of typical .NET > patterns in a more rubyish way. Thoughts? I think it’s a nice idea; it would be a bit like Facets ( [http://facets.rubyforge.org/](http://facets.rubyforge.org/)), small bits that you can enable if you wish. – Thibaut ---
**Author:** ![thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668/9 "2010-02-01T20:44:56Z")
I also think it’s a nice idea. I have a few other such methods (Array#to\_clr\_a, Time#to\_clr\_time, and the godawful Array#to\_2d\_a) that seem like they’d also be a good fit 🙂 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Thibaut Barrère