Re: [Chicken-users] finalizers

[John Lenz]

On 03/15/05 14:56:47, John Lenz wrote:
> I am working on making SWIG support finalizers (I committed some code  
> into CVS today, but it is still in the testing phase).
>
> I think I have found a problem.  (I am using 1.92).  I was able to  
> reproduce it with the attached test case.  Inside finalizer.scm, if that  
> (gc #t) line is commented out we get the expected behavior, both objects  
> print out a finalizer line.  If I uncomment that collection between  
> setting the two to null, the finalizer for the second object is never  
> called.  It seems to me like when looking on the finalizer list, the  
> finalizer for the second object is getting dropped or something.

Oh, I should also point out that if you first set b to #f, then run the gc,  
then set a to #f then run the gc, the expected result happens.  It is only  
when you first collect a then collect b that the b finalizer is not run.

John