+;;;; variables related to saving core files
+;;;;
+;;;; (Most of the save-a-core functionality is defined later, in its
+;;;; own file, but we'd like to have these symbols declared special
+;;;; and initialized ASAP.)
+
+(defvar *before-save-initializations* nil
+ #!+sb-doc
+ "This is a list of functions which are called before creating a saved core
+ image. These functions are executed in the child process which has no ports,
+ so they cannot do anything that tries to talk to the outside world.")