[GHC] #13439: ForeignPtr finalizers not searched for reachable objects?

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#13439: ForeignPtr finalizers not searched for reachable objects?
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        Reporter:                    |                Owner:  (none)
  facundo.dominguez                  |
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  libraries/base    |              Version:  8.0.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  ForeignPtr
                                     |  finalizers
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by facundo.dominguez):

 The semantics of finalizers for
 [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.9.1.0/docs/System-Mem-
 Weak.html#g:4 weak pointers] would explain this behavior. If they are
 indeed the same for ForeignPtr's, it would help saying so in the
 documentation.

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