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Re: STatus of MPS branch


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: STatus of MPS branch
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 08:31:32 +0300

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:38:58 +0200
> 
> In module-tests, the test module/function-finalizer fails.
> 
> The test expects that something is finalized after calling
> garbage-collect. That is simply not the case with MPS. Finalization
> happens at an unspecified time, MPS puts a finalization message on a
> message queue which the client can process when it wants to.
> 
> So, this is not a problem.
> 
> I think I'll disable this test somehow.

Instead of disabling it, it would be better to have some way of making
sure the finalizer works, even if that happens at some unspecified
time.  Maybe make the test wait for that, or maybe MPS has a way of
forcing GC to happen or something?



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