Re: starkit-lite and threads: can't package require

Hello again,

On 12 Jul., 13:55, Uwe Koloska <[email protected]> wrote:
> I vaguely remember some discussion, but don't remember where and with what
> subject, that the initialization code for interpreters is flawed in
> tclkit-lite.  Is there a fix or someone working at it?  Where do I have to
> start, to make a fix myself?

I have found this discussion:  It is an old thread on this list
starting on 2007-01-02 with the subject "starpack vfs can't be
accessed from thread".  But the fix that is presented by Jeff Hobbs
ist already included in the boot.tcl and the provided threadvfs
procedure that starts a new thread with the vfs mounted doesn't work
-- maybe because it was not meant for a starkit-lite without a proper
mk4 database engine.

What I understand now, ist that it is by intention, that a thread has
not the same vfs mount then the main thread.

But what is the recommended way to load a package inside a thread?

The only reason I have to use threads (yes, I know the discussion
about threads, being evil ;-) is a c-based package (fluidsynth, if you
care) that uses threads, because callbacks from this thread create big
troubles, if they used to trigger Tk functions -- but this is another
story and told inside another discussion ;-)

Sincerly
Uwe Koloska