Downsides to calling Gc.full_major at exit?

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Drawbacks:

  • Not collecting values that are still live when exit is called
  • Increased shutdown time

The first one is a problem if exit is called in the middle of the program as a way to handle errors (which should be considered bad practice).

I am curious about your use-case. Have you considered deterministic resource management? (See my reply to Wrapping C++ std::shared_ptr and similar smart pointers, section 2.)

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