From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Vollmer Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: why asyncs were created Date: 03 Sep 2002 01:57:57 +0200 Sender: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87heh8eygq.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <200209022255.PAA08110@morrowfield.regexps.com> <87wuq4ez64.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <200209030005.RAA08472@morrowfield.regexps.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031011002 10648 127.0.0.1 (2 Sep 2002 23:56:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 23:56:42 +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 17m13g-0002ld-00 for ; Tue, 03 Sep 2002 01:56:40 +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 17m15E-0004zc-00; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17m14q-0004k7-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:57:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17m14n-0004hd-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:57:51 -0400 Original-Received: from dialin.speedway42.dip27.dokom.de ([195.138.42.27] helo=zagadka.ping.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 17m14n-0004hT-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:57:49 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 15209 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Sep 2002 23:57:57 -0000 Original-To: Tom Lord In-Reply-To: <200209030005.RAA08472@morrowfield.regexps.com> Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 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:1237 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1237 Tom Lord writes: > > 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? Yep. > What replaces the `got_it' flag in an async object? Instead of setting a flag, you would cons the object onto a list of objects that are considered marked. At appropriate times, the list would be checked to see whether it is non-empty. Each thread would have such a list. -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel