Re: [Chicken-users] newbie: questions about set-finalizer!

[felix winkelmann]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jim Ursetto <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:03 AM, felix winkelmann <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Please try this [finalizer patch].
>
> Hi.  I am seeing finalizers fail to execute on recent SVN and I think
> it is the result of this change.  I backed out the patch and it works
> okay again.
>
> On Version 3.4.10 - SVN rev. 13079 - macosx-unix-gnu-x86
> and Version 4.0.0x5 - SVN rev. 13079  - macosx-unix-gnu-x86
>
> #;1> (let ((abc (vector 5))) (set-finalizer! abc (lambda (x) (print
> "final"))) (void))
> #;2> (gc #t)
> 142744
>
> On Version 3.3.10 - SVN rev. 11733 - macosx-unix-gnu-x86,
> and on 4.0.0x5 rev. 13079 with reversed runtime.c patch:
>
> #;1> (let ((abc (vector 5))) (set-finalizer! abc (lambda (x) (print
> "final"))) (void))
> #;2> (gc #t)
> final                ; right
> 139240
>

Hi, Jim!

Is the behaviour identical for compiled code?


cheers,
felix