Scheme language standardization process
| Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:02:59 -0400 | From: "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@x> | | Nonetheless, how would file descriptors being visible inherently | lead to leaks? If the way you refer to file-descriptors is by number, then there is no way for the garbage collector to prove that a file-descriptor is no longer in use. If the garbage collector can't reclaim file-descriptors, then it becomes the programmer's responsibility to close file-descriptors it no longer uses. Exceptions or programmer oversights result in leaked file-descriptors. _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports