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Re: New module system wishlist

To: Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe at calvados dot zrz dot TU-Berlin dot DE>
Subject: Re: New module system wishlist
From: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>
Date: 26 Jan 2000 16:01:42 +0100
Cc: Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Cc: djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se
References: <E12AixQ-00062S-00@mdj.nada.kth.se> <p2tn1q0sor1.fsf@pampelmuse.zrz.tu-berlin.de> <p2tiu0glx3w.fsf@pampelmuse.zrz.tu-berlin.de>

Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe@calvados.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> writes:

> * Support (module-managed) transactions

Could you please explain what you are referring to?

> * Support Multithreading (FIXME: HOW? -- one evaluator per module or
>   what?)  

Good point.  How: mutecis.  Each common resource (e.g. a symbol table)
has an associated mutex.  Before using it, the current thread locks
the mutex, and releases it afterwards.

> * Support (module-managed) locking by associating a monitor to a
>   module (FIXME: GOOPS should do that, not the module system).

Could you please explain?

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