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Re: lazy sweeping.
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Michael Livshin |
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Re: lazy sweeping. |
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Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:10:22 +0300 |
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Han-Wen <address@hidden> writes:
> oh, btw, I noticed that only ports are flushed on exit of GUILE (gc.c
> - onexit ()). The manual talks about "freeing resources" for the smob
> free function. I believe that is inaccurate: free is only for freeing
> memory. Stuff like closing files should happen in an explicitly called
> function, for the free() might never get called at then end.
why not free resources in smob free() too? think of it as of a safety
net.
but of course freeing external resources explicitly is preferable.
--
A CONS is an object which cares.
-- Bernie Greenberg.
Re: lazy sweeping., Han-Wen, 2002/07/30
- Re: lazy sweeping.,
Michael Livshin <=
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