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Re: gc notes available


Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@nada.kth.se> writes:

> But I have one additional wish (I haven't yet had time to read your
> text, so I don't know if you address this problem): When Guile
> switches to real threading (POSIX threads) we'll have to stop all
> threads, using mutices, before GC with the current collector.  

I never stated the wish: I don't want to have to stop all threads with
mutices!  Ideally, I'd like it to be possible for GC to run in a
thread of its own.  (I do realize the difficulties that this implies.)

/mdj