[Chicken-janitors] Re: #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
Resolution:           |    Keywords:       
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Comment(by syn):

 Replying to [comment:2 felix]:
 > Finalizers are not called on program exit.

 Is there a good reason for this or is it just not implemented? I wonder
 since {{{##sys#cleanup-before-exit}}} in library.scm calls {{{##sys#force-
 finalizers}}} and is registered as an exit-handler. Can you clarify this?

 > Also, in the interpreter, results (including the result of `set-
 finalizer!`, which is the finalized object) are stored in the REPL history
 and so never freed.

 Yep, when I said "interpreter" I meant a script executed with {{{csi
 -s}}}, not the REPL.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/446#comment:3>
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