Re: [Chicken-users] daemonize egg: redirect I/O?

[felix winkelmann]

On 10/31/07, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:24:44AM +0100, felix winkelmann wrote:
> > On 10/31/07, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The "exit" will not invoke any pending dynamic-wind thunks
> > >
> > > Why not?  Shouldn't it?  IMHO it violates POLA not to do so.
> >
> > Because it might not be desired.
>
> Why wouldn't it if you use dynamic-wind?  The thunk is exited by
> calling (exit), isn't it?  So I would *expect* it to call the 'after'
> part of the dynamic-wind.  Just from reading the standard I would never
> consider the possibility that a program ever leaves the thunk without
> calling the 'after' part.
>
> People use dynamic-wind because they *want* the 'after' part to be called
> whenever the thunk is exited.
>


I guess we disagree here.


cheers,
felix