From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "concurrency" branch updated Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:35:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83pozsw35l.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446496543 18932 80.91.229.3 (2 Nov 2015 20:35:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 20:35:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: raeburn@raeburn.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Wiegley Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 02 21:35:33 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLp9-0008Vu-Qb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:35:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44163 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLp9-0005HZ-5d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:35:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLos-0005F2-6s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:35:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLoo-0003X8-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:35:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout29.012.net.il ([80.179.55.185]:57106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLoo-0003Vd-Ev for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:35:06 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout29.012.net.il by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NX700B00FMCYD00@mtaout29.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:34:25 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout29.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NX7005G9FTDSC60@mtaout29.012.net.il>; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:34:25 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.185 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193118 Archived-At: > From: "John Wiegley" > Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:23:33 -0500 > Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org discussions" > > I'm unfamiliar so far with the content of the concurrency branch, what changes > it makes, and the threading model it proposes. Could you please summarize the > state of the art for me, so that I know what this branch entails? > > Opening a general discussion about concurrency is something I'd like to do > soon, but not until I better understand what has already taken place. Start here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-08/msg00313.html and continue here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-08/msg00704.html (the second thread goes on for 2 or 3 months).