From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Vollmer Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: documentation.scm close files Date: 17 May 2003 22:07:05 +0200 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <878yt55od2.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <87smrqxt3b.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053202285 26028 80.91.224.249 (17 May 2003 20:11:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 20:11:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 17 22:11:23 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19H80x-0006kH-00 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:10:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19H80e-0000TI-03 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 May 2003 16:10:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19H803-0000Fv-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2003 16:09:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19H7yD-0007e5-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2003 16:07:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.dokom.net ([195.253.8.218]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19H7y0-0007Kw-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2003 16:07:40 -0400 Original-Received: from dialin.speedway42.dip31.dokom.de ([195.138.42.31] helo=zagadka.ping.de) by mail.dokom.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #3) id 19H7za-00064Z-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:09:18 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 27859 invoked by uid 1000); 17 May 2003 20:07:05 -0000 Original-To: Kevin Ryde In-Reply-To: <87smrqxt3b.fsf@zip.com.au> Original-Lines: 11 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2395 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2395 Kevin Ryde writes: > I know ports get closed when gc'ed, but I'd suggest it does the system > and the program no good to keep stuff open long after finished with. Yes, good catch. Maybe we should even make the GC emit warnings when it sweeps open ports. Closing a port can raise errors and they can't really be handled from within the GC. -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel