On 1/30/21 1:34 AM, Imperatorn wrote:
> With this knowledge we have now, what changes could and/or should be
> made to make this process easier? 🤔
I wonder whether doing something in the runtime is possible. For
example, it may be more resilient and not crash when suspending a thread
fails because the thread may be dead already.
However, studying the runtime code around thread_detachThis three years
ago, I had realized that like many things in computing, the whole
stop-the-world is wishful thinking because there is no guarantee that
your "please suspend this thread" request to the OS has succeeded. You
get a success return code back but it means your request succeeded not
that the thread was or will be suspended. (I may be misremembering this
point but I know that the runtime requests things where OS does not give
full guarantee for.)
(Going off-topic, even clicking on a user interface is wishful thinking
because a few times a year I attempt to click on something but another
window element pops under my mouse pointer and I unintentionally click
something else, commonly on web pages as they are being rendered by a
browser: links move around on the page. This used to bother me but not
anymore. Life is not perfect and I appreciate it. :) )
> (Btw, I just "forced" my boss to buy your and Adam's book for me
Cool! :) It makes me a little sad that my online version is ahead of the
paper version by a couple of years now. I want to update the paper as
well but I want to work on work stuff like the topic of this discussion.
:) (Related note: the ebook versions on the web page are more up-to-date
than ones that you can buy especially because the versions on my web
site include a table of contents section. Consider updating your ebook
here: http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html )
> I'm trying to sneak in D @thecompany)
I still think D is a great tool but some use cases can be tough and
sometimes embarrassing. :/
Ali
