From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: entering and leaving guile mode, and GC stack protection Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:06:49 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250117266 9532 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2009 22:47:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel To: Ken Raeburn Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 13 00:47:39 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MbMba-0008Tj-5S for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:47:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42504 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbMbX-0006cz-NR for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbMR3-0001wr-Ui for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbMQz-0001uF-0k for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41252 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbMQy-0001u7-PI for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:40 -0400 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:53276 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbMQy-0005n5-ED for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:40 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D628527804; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:37 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from unquote (unknown [79.156.145.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 13B9E27803; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Ken Raeburn's message of "Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:30:53 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 98ED95F0-8790-11DE-B6F3-AEF1826986A2-02397024!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:9092 Archived-At: Hi Ken, On Thu 06 Aug 2009 18:30, Ken Raeburn writes: > On Aug 5, 2009, at 10:06, I wrote: >> (3) My four-year-old comments on scm_enter/leave_guile, recorded in >> threads.c around line 300, still stand.... Those functions really >> ought to go away. At least they're confined to one file, now. Some >> of it looks a little messy, but I can probably get rid of some of the >> uses.... > > I've made a bit of progress on this. The patches look good to me; my only wonder is what relation they have to the BDW-GC branch Ludovic was working on. If BDW will land before 2.0, then perhaps all this mess can go away (wishful thinking); otherwise we should apply it now (after the release). Ludovic? :) Cheers, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/