Bug #6664: Object finalizer do not run until program exit

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: 2.0.0
• ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0dev (2012-06-28 trunk 36243) [x86_64-linux]

[funny_falcon (Yura Sokolov)]

Test script: https://gist.github.com/3009867

Conclusions:

• Ruby 1.8.7 (REE) is able to run finalizer on GC when its proc is created outside of scope and so that does not handle object in its binding.
• even Ruby 1.8.7 not able to run finalizer until program exit when finalizer's proc is created in scope where #define_finalizer is called
• neither Ruby 1.9.2, nor Ruby 1.9.3, nor Ruby-trunk is able to run finalizer until program exit.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected
• Priority changed from 6 to 3

=begin
No.
(1) an object may not be collected even if it seems not referred from reading the code.
(2) finalizers may not run just after the object is collected.
=end