Thanks for the clarification Alex! ... I am not a fan of threads - just
wanted to confirm.
Regards,
Kashyap
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:58 PM Alexander Burger
wrote:
> Hi Kashyap,
>
> > In the section about callbacks (
> > https://software-lab.de/doc/native.html#funptr) it is not explicitly
> > mentioned that the callback (lisp ...) cannot be called from a different
> > thread.
>
> Yes, the docs nowhere mention threads, as they are not an issue in
> PicoLisp. It
> rather uses communicating processes.
>
> You *could* probably use PicoLisp in a threaded program, but it would need
> precautions like creating all locally bound symbols in thread-private
> namespaces.
>
>
> > However, since PicoLisp does not have threads, I'd imagine that
> > callbacks cannot be called from a different thread. Is that correct
> > understanding?
>
> I have not thought about this. Not sure atm what kind of conflicts might
> show
> up.
>
> ☺/ A!ex
>
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