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On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 09:33:54AM -0500, dan@sidhe.org wrote:
> The following patch provides a new macro, SvLOCK, which lets XS code snag a
> perl-level lock on an arbitrary SV *.
If you publish a macro like this for SvLOCK then you prohibit mixing in
FAKE_THREADS or continuations. Granted, the Perl_call_* API already
complicates things but do we want to expand on this same messy design?
State should not be kept on the C stack lightly. I think a better
solution is to allow a varient of XSUBs that work more like opcodes.
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