From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:33:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix handle leak in write_tree
Message-ID: <7vps5u86bn.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0704240230x3a5b473k5da3d45d9c997c3b@mail.gmail.com>

"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> ... Isn't such kind of resource control _generally_ nicer to implement
> in the top levels of a program?

In theory perhaps, but my understanding of our use of atexit()
is to clean them up in situations beyond the control of the top
levels of a program, most notably upon exit on signal.