From: John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [r6rs-discuss] perhaps i should be formal, but.... Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:25:19 -0400
> Shiro Kawai scripsit: > > > A bit of off-topic, but I'd like to point out that such "smart" > > string implementation tends to have difficulty with preemptive > > threads. Presumably such a string object has some indication of > > the kind of representation, and a pointer to the actual string body. > > What if one thread replaces the kind and a pointer (for "upgrading" > > the string kind by string-set!) and another thread accesses it > > inbetween? > > "I want to say just one word to you, just one word ... Locks." Are you suggesting using mutex for _every_ string access? Seriously? --shiro _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
