Re: [0/10] threads for emacs

[Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

Tom> * Changes to the process code so that a process can be restricted to
Tom>   having its output accepted by a single thread.  (In fact I think the
Tom>   default should be to do this for the creating thread.)  This avoids
Tom>   introducing bugs into lisp code that may currently make assumptions
Tom>   about let bindings visible to process filters.

Tom> * Hook into the Emacs I/O code so that the global lock is released when
Tom>   a thread enters 'select' (and maybe other primitives).  I think this
Tom>   is a bit harder than it sounds, mostly because I think you don't want
Tom>   multiple threads to select on the same fds.  It probably requires the
Tom>   process changes.

I implemented these two.  I'll post the patches a bit later.

Tom