[plt-scheme] Re: [plt-edu] Re: animation projects, video-game and not

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Carl Eastlund <carl.eastlund at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> > I am probably missing the point here, but I think GC doesn't help with
> > closing file handles or database connections (at least *safely*), no?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > yc
>
> The PLT Scheme garbage collector does close file handles.  A database
> library certainly could, and should, use the garbage collector to
> close connections.  I don't know which ones do, but that's only my own
> inexperience with Scheme database libraries.  In both cases, GC
> doesn't preclude the option to manually close a connection earlier --
> but GC makes that into an optimization rather than a necessity, for
> most purposes.
>

What is the hook to provide GC with such knowledge to close the database
handles if I need to implement my own database connection?  My failure to
find such a hook misled me to think GC can't be made handle external
resources gracefully.

Is it the will executor?  It seems that will isn't called by GC, though.

Thanks,
yc
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