On May 6, 2012, at 8:13 AM, James E Keenan wrote:

> Can you provide for the quasi-layperson a definition of "GC finalization."

Essentially, a garbage collection pass when the interpreter exits.  We 
currently leak PMCs still live at the end of the program, which means we don't 
do things like close active FileHandles.  By doing a final collection, we allow 
these cleanup routines to run.

~~ benabik


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