On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Dan Sugalski wrote:

>   2) Those that explicitly check for events
...
> Ops like spin_in_event_loop (or whatever we call it) or checkevent is
> in category two. They check events because, well, that's what they're
> supposed to do. Compilers should emit these with some frequency,
> though it's arguable how frequent they ought to be.

I don't understand that part. Why the compiler?
If the high-level code doesn't do anything with
the events, then there's no point in checking.
If it does use the events, then shouldn't
developers call the even loop explicitly?

Sincerely,

Michal J Wallace
Sabren Enterprises, Inc.
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