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Re: Signal Handling in Guile
Michael Livshin wrote:
> to clarify: you want thread switches to happen at those "fixed points"
> ("safe points" in RScheme-speak) too, right?
Not necesarily, because I'm thinking kernel of threads supports. In
the case of kernel threads, we don't expect any fixed point switch.
> is your design somewhere online? not that I'm one who decides
> anything, but I'm very curious.
Sorry, not yet.
> > This will become big changes, I know, but I believe that it's really
> > needed for better Guile.
>
> why would the changes be big?
It would be to remove all DEFER_INT/ALLOW_INTS.
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