[Chicken-janitors] #446: Finalizers for top level bindings don't get executed upon program exit

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#446: Finalizers for top level bindings don't get executed upon program exit
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 Reporter:  syn      |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major    |   Milestone:  4.7.0
Component:  unknown  |     Version:  4.6.x
 Keywords:           |  
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 The following program does never print "finalized x", neither when
 interpreted nor compiled:

 {{{
 (define x (list 1))
 (set-finalizer! x (lambda (x) (print "finalized x")))
 }}}

 Appending {{{(set! x #f)}}}, it does.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/446>
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