[GHC] #7970: Thread GC frees roots before thread actually finishes

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#7970: Thread GC frees roots before thread actually finishes
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  Reporter:  joeyadams         |          Owner:  simonmar        
      Type:  bug               |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  high              |      Milestone:  7.8.1           
 Component:  Runtime System    |        Version:  7.6.3           
Resolution:  fixed             |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  Runtime crash     |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:  7170            
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Comment(by simonpj):

 This is a long thread describing subtle properties of finalisers.

 Would it be worth some documentation in the user manual to describe the
 properties that you can (and cannot) now rely on?

 Simon

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7970#comment:8>
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