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From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
To : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:47:57 +1000
Re: LibGGI Thread-safety (was Re: Some things that seem to be missing)
Steve writes:
> > Yes, that is INCREDIBLY bad... as few other people seem to care, I'm going
> > to have to mess with CVS and start throwing code at thread-saftey myself, I
> > guess.
>
> The locking macros (lib/libggi/include/structs.h) has always been there, but
> nobody uses them :-(
>
> I'd appreciate any help securing the existing code, but it's just this
> mansync dilemma :-( -- see below.
Imho SYNC mode is an total abomination and should be cut out of LibGGI
with a dirty big knife ASAP. Everywhere (in code & docs) we strongly
recommend people don't use it, yet it remains (and as the default too !).
I'm not dishing the mansync code BTW, Steve's done a good job of a
shitty situation.
Cheers,
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