Re: [Caml-list] problem creating .cma library

[Guillaume Yziquel <guillaume.yziquel@citycable.ch>]

Daniel Bünzli a écrit :
>> So if I want to call R code that multithreads with OCaml, I should write
>> something like
>>
>>>  enter_blocking_section();
>>>  PROTECT(e = R_tryEval(Sexp_val(sexp_list), R_GlobalEnv, &error));
>>>  UNPROTECT(1);
>>>  leave_blocking_section();
>> Am I correct?
> 
> Yes, but the functions have now a caml_ prefix.
> 
> Make sure that there is no interaction whatsoever with ocaml's runtime
> system (e.g. ocaml value allocation) between the two calls.

I will have interaction, because I plan to be able to make R call OCaml 
code (not in the foreseeable future). But it's just a question of 
wrapping the call back to Ocaml with a

	caml_leave_blocking_section()
	callingOCamlcode()
	caml_enter_blocking_section()

construct. As far as I've understood.

> Note also that in case you need to use some caml value after the leave
> call you have to declare it with a CAMLparam macro as it may move
> during the blocking section even if the stub itself doesn't allocate.

Very helpful. Thanks a lot.

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