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- From: Claus Brod <clausb@hpbeo79.bbn.hp.com>
- Subject: Re: GEMDOS re-entrancy
- Date: Thu, 26 May 94 8:52:35 MESZ
- In-Reply-To: <199405260605.AA20385@avignon.daimi.aau.dk>; from "Christian Lynbech" at May 26, 94 8:05 am
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
-
- > There is one snag, when talking about GEM (that is AES and VDI). If
- > GEM is not reentrant, one process should block GEM while executing a
- > GEM function. That is no problem for graphics, it takes the time it
- > takes anyway, but dont forget the event loop. The typical GEM program
- > will call an event_something and block GEM for a very long time!
-
- Oops, true. But we could get around this by just blocking the AES
- when someone calls rsrc_load() or other functions (the clipboard
- functions, for example) that cause the disk to be accessed, not
- for the other, "mostly harmless" calls...
-
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