From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-07-22T10:12:19+09:00
Subject: Re: testunit, exit status and at_exit

Hi,

In message "Re: testunit, exit status and at_exit"
    on 03/07/22, "Nathaniel Talbott" <nathaniel@talbott.ws> writes:

|  1. The last exit status that is set wins. So if there are multiple END
|procs, and they all set the exit status (by calling #exit), the last one
|registered wins (END procs are called in the order they are defined,
|correct?)

They are executed reverse order they are defined.  I think there's a
reason for this order, which I don't remember correctly now.

On my prototype, the first one wins.  Is this OK?

|  2. Calling #exit in an END proc does nothing, but calling #exit!
|immediately terminates with the given status (skipping any remaining END
|procs).

It works even now.  But Calling exit! bypasses other END procs and
finalizers.

							matz.