Re: Avoid handle leak (src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c)

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid handle leak (src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c)
Date: 2025-10-24 12:24:20
Message-ID: 202510241223.abgjh6f7f7tx@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Oct-24, Ranier Vilela wrote:

> Handles are a scarce Windows resource.
> The work of freeing these resources is not done by exit(), but by
> Windows itself, when possible.
> If applications are not good citizens, these resources will eventually
> run out.

Hmm? That makes no sense. Do you have references to documentation that
says the system works the way you claim?

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