Hi, as far as I am concerned, the last larger thing holding up a Guile 1.8 release is a code review with the aim of making libguile thread safe.
I have replaced all SCM_DEFER_INTS, SCM_ALLOW_INTS calls with SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START/END. We need to check all occurences whether they are really used correctly, as explained in the ref manual. Basically, there must be no non-local exits between SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START and SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_END. If there might be non-local exits, scm_frame_critical_section can be used instead. (Right now, Guile aborts when a non-local exit does in fact happen between SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START and _END.) Also, there are probably many more places that need to become critical sections. We need to find them and use SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START/END or scm_frame_critical_section, as appropriate. I will release 1.7.2 with a warning that the code review has not been done yet and then start the review itself. Any helpers? Please reply here so that we can coordinate. -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel
