[Mkcl-announce] MKCL 1.1.9 is now available

[.Santanu Chakrabarti]

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.beaudoin at 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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