From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id MAA21521; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:33 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA21719 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.libero.it (smtp1.libero.it [193.70.192.51]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9DAgWD03008 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from dalamar.takhisis.org (62.98.126.165) by smtp1.libero.it (6.5.028) id 3DA3107F0020BA48 for caml-list@inria.fr; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:30 +0200 Received: from lordsoth.takhisis.org (lordsoth.takhisis.org [192.168.1.119]) by dalamar.takhisis.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-6) with ESMTP id g9DAgNQa002048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:25 +0200 Received: from lordsoth.takhisis.org (lordsoth.takhisis.org [192.168.1.119]) by lordsoth.takhisis.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-6) with ESMTP id g9DAgN0X002378 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:23 +0200 Received: (from zack@localhost) by lordsoth.takhisis.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-6) id g9DAgMqD002376 for caml-list@inria.fr; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:22 +0200 Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:42:22 +0200 From: Stefano Zacchiroli To: Inria Ocaml Mailing List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Native Threads Message-ID: <20021013104222.GB2343@cs.unibo.it> Mail-Followup-To: Inria Ocaml Mailing List References: <3DA01AAF.14FD242C@noos.fr> <20021013104353.G13771@pauillac.inria.fr> <20021013090448.GA1277@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021013090448.GA1277@iliana> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:04:48AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > The documentation should definitely be updated to mention that > > Thread.kill is not only unavailable with system threads, but also > > deprecated and definitely not advised. > > Why not remove it entirelly ? Backward compatibility, IMO we can't just remove a function from the standard library, this has to be done in two steps: 1) deprecate it using an

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block in the HTML documentation, possibly in red, blinking font :-) 2) remove from the library in a next release Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli - undergraduate student of CS @ Univ. Bologna, Italy zack@cs.unibo.it | ICQ# 33538863 | http://www.cs.unibo.it/~zacchiro "I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!" -- G.Romney ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners