2.5.3.2 Parallels with INITIALIZE methods

The default method on <object> is provided to make it safe to call next-method in all finalizers. This situation is parallel to that for class initialize methods, which call next-method before performing their own initializations. By doing so, initialize methods guarantee that the most specific initializations occur last.

By contrast, finalizers should call next-method last, in case they depend on the superclass finalizer not being run.

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