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Re: Killing off scm_init_guile for Guile 2.0 ?
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: Killing off scm_init_guile for Guile 2.0 ? |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:23:09 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Clinton Ebadi <address@hidden> writes:
> Does Guile mode actually have any meaning when using the BDW GC? The BDW
> GC algorithm does not need to put other threads to sleep when sweeping;
> it does this implicitly by causing the functions that register
> collectable memory to block during the sweep phase as far as I can
> tell. The libc malloc/free can continue doing whatever they want in the
> meantime. A thread blocking for any reason should not be a problem as a
> result (does Guile mode have another other restrictions?).
Exactly (sorry I hit "reply" before reading your message).
Thanks,
Ludo'.
- Re: Killing off scm_init_guile for Guile 2.0 ?, (continued)
Re: Killing off scm_init_guile for Guile 2.0 ?, Kjetil S. Matheussen, 2009/01/16