Re: [Chicken-users] daemonize egg: redirect I/O?

[felix winkelmann]

On 10/31/07, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Well, so be it.  I'll add a note to 'extensions to the standard' and the
> documentation of 'exit' because I'm sure there are more people out there
> who are not aware of this.

This has nothing to do with the standard. "exit" is not a standard procedure.
Adding a note to the actual "exit" documentation is of course fine. Note that
this is a highly subjective matter, and just because you think it is natural
to do X, it doesn't necessarily have to be so for others. Personally, if I say
"(exit)" I want to exit and not run through whatever handlers have been
set up, there is too much hidden state expecting. The exit is explicit, not
implicit (by falling off the end).
Hooking into the exit procedures is possible via various means, if one
wants to perform some cleanup.


cheers,
felix