* defvar in dynamic modules @ 2014-11-26 18:06 Aurélien Aptel 2014-11-26 18:28 ` Ted Zlatanov 2014-11-26 19:58 ` Stefan Monnier 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Aurélien Aptel @ 2014-11-26 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Emacs development discussions Hi, Variables defined with DEFVAR are currently stored as a field in a global struct. This has to do with the emacs multi-threading attempt. What should we do for modules? We can't dynamically add fields to the struct. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: defvar in dynamic modules 2014-11-26 18:06 defvar in dynamic modules Aurélien Aptel @ 2014-11-26 18:28 ` Ted Zlatanov 2014-11-26 19:58 ` Stefan Monnier 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Ted Zlatanov @ 2014-11-26 18:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:06:34 +0100 Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel+emacs@gmail.com> wrote: AA> Variables defined with DEFVAR are currently stored as a field in a AA> global struct. This has to do with the emacs multi-threading attempt. AA> What should we do for modules? We can't dynamically add fields to the struct. Can modules be limited to only providing functions and can those be added dynamically? Ted ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: defvar in dynamic modules 2014-11-26 18:06 defvar in dynamic modules Aurélien Aptel 2014-11-26 18:28 ` Ted Zlatanov @ 2014-11-26 19:58 ` Stefan Monnier 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2014-11-26 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Aurélien Aptel; +Cc: Emacs development discussions > Variables defined with DEFVAR are currently stored as a field in a > global struct. This has to do with the emacs multi-threading attempt. > What should we do for modules? We can't dynamically add fields to the struct. Good point. Currently I think you have to do something like: Lisp_Object Qmyvar = intern ("myvar"); and then use find_symbol_value(Qmyvar) whenever you need to lookup its value. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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