[armedbear-devel] [PATCH] Move some symbols into the THREADS package.

[Mark Evenson]

Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:
> The patch attached to this mail moves the usual suspects to the THREADS
> package. It does not move the Gates-related functions because I think
> that Gates can be removed again now with the SYNCHRONIZE-ON stuff.

This patch DOES seem to move the Gates-related functions to THREADS, so 
I am holding off committing it until you confirm that's what you want to 
do.  I think it is reasonable to move Gates to THREADS, as the only ones 
using it are you and I with the uncommitted SLIME :SPAWN implementation.

As for maintaining compatibility for the other functions (MAKE-MUTEX, 
GET-MUTEX, RELEASE-MUTEX, etc.) via CL-USER's import (i.e. USE) of the 
THREADS package, I ask the wider ABCL developer community is this the 
way we want to go?  Erik's [commit of the SYNCHRONIZED-ON][1] uses a 
static block with exports to the previous package (EXT) commented to 
remove after 0.22.  With Tobias' approach anyone explicitly trying to 
use some form like (EXT:MAKE-MUTEX) is going to fail, hard.  Comments?

[1]: http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/changeset/12040




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