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From:
Gurusamy Sarathy
Date:
November 16, 1999 16:14
Subject:
Re: [PATCH 5.005_62]Allow XS code to lock arbitrary scalars
Message ID:
199911170020.QAA20716@activestate.com
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:23:31 PST, Booker Bense wrote:
>- Pardon me for asking, but have I missed the discussions 
>on perl_clone?

Look in the archives for "interpreter threads" or some such.

>               Exactly how would it work? How would I convert
>an application using the current Thread model to the perl_clone 
>one? 

I don't think there are any short answers.  The intent is for us to
discuss this once 5.005_63 is out and see if the whole thing
make sense to people.  (Hence my reluctance to pronounce the
existing USE_THREADS support dead, as in d-e-a-d.)


Sarathy
gsar@ActiveState.com
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