From: Ian Lynagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ForeignPtr and -threaded Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:22:01 +0100
> That's a documentation bug. In the HEAD it says: > > newForeignPtr :: FinalizerPtr a -> Ptr a -> IO (ForeignPtr a) > -- ^Turns a plain memory reference into a foreign pointer, and > -- associates a finaliser with the reference. The finaliser will be executed > -- after the last reference to the foreign object is dropped. Note that there > -- is no guarantee on how soon the finaliser is executed after the last > -- reference was dropped; this depends on the details of the Haskell storage > -- manager. Indeed, there is no guarantee that the finalizer is executed at > -- all; a program may exit with finalizers outstanding. (This is true > -- of GHC, other implementations may give stronger guarantees). Uh, ok... Thank you for your information. _______________________________________________________ - PHO - http://ccm.sherry.jp/ OpenPGP public key: 1024D/1A86EF72 Fpr: 5F3E 5B5F 535C CE27 8254 4D1A 14E7 9CA7 1A86 EF72
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