Re: [Sbcl-devel] RFC: exiting SBCL vs returning from a thread vs aborting a thread

[Jianshi H. <jia...@gm...>]

2012/1/6 Gábor Melis <me...@re...>:

> What about the other threads? They should be [attempted to be] brought
> down as well.
>

I can imagine possible deadlock or race issues if termination order
isn't what is expected. But it's a convenience feature if you don't
want to fiddle with *EXIT-HOOKS*.

I suggest we make it an option. m(><)m

>> Or how about this:
>>
>>   function SB-EXT:EXIT &key code abort no-unwind no-exit-hooks
>>
>> and abort means :no-unwind t :no-exit-hooks t
>
> A superficial ouch: :NO-UNWIND makes me sad, much prefer a non-nil
> default as in (UNWINDP T).

Yeah...

Cheers,
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