Re: Small question about os.exit and __gc

[Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 03:48:40PM +0400, Dio Darkclainer wrote:
> Hi all!
> In stand-alone lua interpreter:
> 
> a = {__gc = function() print'exit' end}
> setmetatable(a,a)
> os.exit()

By default, os.exit() assumes the OS will clean up any allocated
resources.  See the manual for how to change this:
	http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#pdf-os.exit

(5.2 and newer only; in earlier verions there is no way to override
this, IIRC)

B.