Re: [dylan] Stream locking (was: Method combinations as a design pattern for locking)

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Bruce Mitchener
<[email protected]>wrote:

> I think the key steps to moving forward with this are:
>
>
>    - Try to identify why this change to stream locking was made in the
>    first place and what changes will have to be made to applications as a
>    result of this change. (Given that it was Hannes and Andreas, I'm assuming
>    it was either DUIM/Gtk+ or Network Night Vision.)
>    - Make the changes for the 2014.1 release and make sure that we
>    explain them clearly.
>
> I think that having locking in format-out and force-out will be sufficient
> for many people.
>

For some further history on this, the original bug from 1998 called for
making format-out thread safe:

    http://bugzilla.opendylan.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4004

The work done on Open Dylan was done under this bug:

    http://bugzilla.opendylan.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7183

The original bug from 1998 makes me feel better about our plans.

 - Bruce

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