From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why launch the Guile signal delivery thread on exit? (was Re: guile 2.0.9 build on mingw)
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:20:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mwqldi0w.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87li67cck5.fsf_-_@tines.lan> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:38 -0400")
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Why isn't the signal delivery thread launched at program start
>
> The signal delivery thread is not launched until the first signal
> handler is installed. This would seem sensible if not for the fact that
> it is always launched at exit, which I found surprising.
>
>> and why is it launched at exit?
>
> Good question. This behavior was apparently introduced in this commit:
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git;a=commitdiff;h=2e77f7202b11ad0003831fcff94ec7db80cca015
See also:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2011-06/msg00034.html
HTH,
Ludo’.
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-20 19:46 guile 2.0.9 build on mingw Panicz Maciej Godek
2013-05-20 20:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-20 20:46 ` Andy Wingo
2013-05-20 21:09 ` objc
2013-05-21 2:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-22 15:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-07 8:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-07 12:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-07 14:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-09 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-09 20:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-09 21:16 ` Andy Wingo
2013-06-09 21:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-10 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-10 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-10 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-10 19:09 ` Mark H Weaver
2013-06-10 19:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-10 20:54 ` Mark H Weaver
2013-06-11 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-11 22:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-12 17:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-18 21:51 ` Why launch the Guile signal delivery thread on exit? (was Re: guile 2.0.9 build on mingw) Mark H Weaver
2013-06-19 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-19 16:06 ` Julian Graham
2013-06-19 19:20 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2013-06-12 17:57 ` guile 2.0.9 build on mingw Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-13 13:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 14:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-13 13:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 14:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-16 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 14:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-16 15:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 18:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-13 13:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 14:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-17 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-18 20:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-18 22:28 ` Mark H Weaver
2013-06-19 3:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-19 19:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-19 20:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-19 2:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-19 15:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-19 19:38 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-13 13:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 15:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-16 15:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 14:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-16 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-12 17:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 14:46 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-12 18:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-16 19:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-16 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-17 15:45 ` Mark H Weaver
2013-06-18 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-18 19:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-18 20:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-19 2:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-06-19 19:28 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-06-19 19:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-05-26 20:41 ` Panicz Maciej Godek
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