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From: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@kvast.blakulla.net>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C level threads...
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 13:57:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xy7d6okzigl.fsf@linnaeus.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87u1hx437m.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> (Marius Vollmer's message of "02 Dec 2002 02:30:37 +0100")

OK, a final rant about the new thread API:

I think the names scm_key_setspecific and scm_key_getspecific are
misleading.  The sound like they are operations which operate on keys,
but they are not!  scm_key_create should be named so because it
creates a key.  However, current scm_key_getspecific gets thread
specific *data*.  It gets something *using* a key, but it's the thread
data which is the central thing.  This is why we have the names
pthread_key_create but pthread_getspecific.

Even if I didn't find the pthread library names more intuitive, I'd
still think it's a better idea to conform to them.  Creating slightly
different names only creates confusion.

Mikael


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2002-12-02 12:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-02  1:30 C level threads Marius Vollmer
2002-12-02  8:24 ` Mikael Djurfeldt
2002-12-02 11:43   ` Mikael Djurfeldt
2002-12-02 17:27   ` Marius Vollmer
2002-12-02 12:57 ` Mikael Djurfeldt [this message]

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