From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
To: David McClain <dmcclain1@mindspring.com>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Threading and C code
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:43:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010618114303.B15736@pauillac.inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00b201c0f500$f59483d0$210148bf@dylan>; from dmcclain1@mindspring.com on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:36:41AM -0700
> After searching through the sources for the threads lib I find that two
> entry points are used to negotiate this possibility --
> enter_blocking_section() and leave_blocking_section(). These appear to be
> needed around any code that could possibly block.
This is correct.
> These aren't mentioned in any of the normal header files in /ocaml/lib/caml
> but I think they ought to be. Is this protocol subject to change? or can it
> be made a standard protocol for C external functions?
This protocol hasn't changed in many years, so I agree it should be
documented.
- Xavier Leroy
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