[PD] question about external free functions

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Rich E wrote:

> Can anyone help me understand why an external's free function doesn't 
> seem to be called if pd is shut down as a whole (ex. ctrl-q)?  I put 
> post's, printf's, and breakpoints in my free function and they are 
> called if I remove the external from the patch or the patch as a whole 
> (ex. ctrl-w). But, if I shut down pd all at once, the breakpoint doesn't 
> trigger and I don't get any print.  The same thing happens in a flext 
> external, within the ~Destructor method. I don't understand.

because the exit() function always skips over all destructions except 
those mandated by atexit().

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