From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Lord Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: why asyncs were created Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 17:05:49 -0700 (PDT) Sender: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200209030005.RAA08472@morrowfield.regexps.com> References: <200209022255.PAA08110@morrowfield.regexps.com> <87wuq4ez64.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031010750 10206 127.0.0.1 (2 Sep 2002 23:52:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 23:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17m0zd-0002eV-00 for ; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 01:52:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17m11B-0003Cn-00; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:54:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17m110-0003Bl-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:53:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17m10y-0003BU-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:53:53 -0400 Original-Received: from 1cust75.tnt13.sfo8.da.uu.net ([63.10.241.75] helo=morrowfield.regexps.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17m10x-0003BQ-00; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:53:52 -0400 Original-Received: (from lord@localhost) by morrowfield.regexps.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA08472; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 17:05:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lord@morrowfield.regexps.com) Original-To: mvo@zagadka.ping.de In-Reply-To: <87wuq4ez64.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> (message from Marius Vollmer on 03 Sep 2002 01:42:43 +0200) Errors-To: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1235 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1235 > As a clarification, I have in mind to keep the "async" name and the > "async" behavior, but an async does not need to continue to be an > opaque object; it could just be a normal procedure that is used in a > special way. Ah -- a representation issue, not a semantic issue? What replaces the `got_it' flag in an async object? I.e., the bit that says an async needs to be run, but could not be run when the low-level or user-supplied signal was delivered? -t _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel