Do you need to close a branch? (if so how)

[Nicholas Allen]

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> Well, maybe I have an unusual opinion here, but I think that relying on
> automatic memory management to manage resources other than memory is
> inviting trouble.

I 100% agree with you Michael. OS resources like sockets and files
should not rely on memory management to clean them up. That is the
programmer's responsibility not something for garbage collection or
reference counting. IMHO branch should have a close method and so should
transport.

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