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revision 1.359 by ossau, Sat Oct 19 16:33:25 2002 UTC revision 1.360 by mvo, Mon Oct 21 12:20:01 2002 UTC
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13  When you configure "--with-threads=null", you will get the usual  When you configure "--with-threads=null", you will get the usual
14  threading API (call-with-new-thread, make-mutex, etc), but you can't  threading API (call-with-new-thread, make-mutex, etc), but you can't
15  actually create new threads.  actually create new threads.  Also, "--with-threads=no" is now
16    equivalent to "--with-threads=null".  This means that the thread API
17    is always present, although you might not be able to create new
18    threads.
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20  The short term plan is to remove the support for --with-threads=no  When cooperative threading is not supported on your platform, you will
21  completely so that one doesn't need to special case as much when  get the "null" threads.
 writing code that needs to be thread-aware but should also work  
 without threads.  
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23  The long term plan is to make the selection of a thread implementation  The long term plan is to make the selection of a thread implementation
24  a run-time option, not a configure time option.  a run-time option, not a configure time option.

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