Thanks for the clarification Alex! ... I am not a fan of threads - just wanted to confirm. Regards, Kashyap
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:58 PM Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de> wrote: > Hi Kashyap, > > > In the section about callbacks ( > > https://software-lab.de/doc/native.html#funptr) it is not explicitly > > mentioned that the callback (lisp ...) cannot be called from a different > > thread. > > Yes, the docs nowhere mention threads, as they are not an issue in > PicoLisp. It > rather uses communicating processes. > > You *could* probably use PicoLisp in a threaded program, but it would need > precautions like creating all locally bound symbols in thread-private > namespaces. > > > > However, since PicoLisp does not have threads, I'd imagine that > > callbacks cannot be called from a different thread. Is that correct > > understanding? > > I have not thought about this. Not sure atm what kind of conflicts might > show > up. > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe > >
