Julian Stecklina wrote: >On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:53:52 +0100 >Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll <lisp at arrakis.es> wrote: > > >>ECL uses finalization for some datatypes (such as DLLs and streams). >> >> >So if a stream gets freed, its file descriptor is closed? > Yes. Have a look at alloc_2.d Regards, Juanjo