Thanks Jean!! I shall be downloading MKCL 1.1.9. However, I think it would be really helpful if this announcement email also had the download link.
Regards Santanu On Jul 5, 2014 6:09 AM, "Jean-Claude Beaudoin" < jean.claude.beaud...@gmail.com> wrote: > MKCL 1.1.9 is now available for general use. For the most part it is a > compilation of minor bug fixes along with one notable sub-component > upgrade, i.e.: the GC has been upgraded from bdwgc 7.2c to bdwgc 7.4 in > hope it will be a better fit for the upcoming ARM/iOS/Android ports. > > One relevant change in the GC configuration happened on all MS-Windows > versions where it is now hard configured to avoid the use of function > SignalObjectAndWait since Microsoft has reneged on its promise of atomic > behavior. If you observe a deadlock of MKCL 1.1.8 or earlier on MS-Windows > 7 or later this would be a possible cause. You should then either upgrade > to MKCL 1.1.9 or later, or set the environment variable MK_GC_MARKERS to 0 > in order to prevent parallel marking and its use of SignalObjectAndWait. > > I hope that MKCL 1.1.9 will be the last in the MKCL 1.1.X line before the > release of MKCL 1.2.0 in the coming months. > > Cheers, > > Jean-Claude Beaudoin > >
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