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revision 1.364 by mvo, Sun Oct 27 20:36:45 2002 UTC revision 1.365 by mvo, Sat Nov 2 01:08:36 2002 UTC
# Line 8  Changes since the stable branch: Line 8  Changes since the stable branch:
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9  * Changes to the distribution  * Changes to the distribution
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11  ** There is a new thread implementation option "null", which is also  ** There are two new thread implementation options: "null" and
12     the default now.     "coop-pthreads".
13    
14  When you configure "--with-threads=null", you will get the usual  When you configure "--with-threads=null", you will get the usual
15  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
# Line 18  equivalent to "--with-threads=null".  Th Line 18  equivalent to "--with-threads=null".  Th
18  is always present, although you might not be able to create new  is always present, although you might not be able to create new
19  threads.  threads.
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21  When cooperative threading is not supported on your platform, you will  When "coop" threading is not supported on your platform, you will get
22  get the "null" threads instead.  the "null" threads instead.
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24  The long term plan is to make the selection of a thread implementation  The "coop-pthread" (or shorter: "copt") thread implementation will use
25  a run-time option, not a configure time option.  portable POSIX threads but will restrict them so that only one thread
26    can execute 'in Guile' at any one time.  This option will give you the
27    same basic behavior as the "coop" option, but hopefully in a more
28    portable way.
29    
30  ** Guile now includes its own version of libltdl.  ** Guile now includes its own version of libltdl.
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