Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH(5)] Remove srfi-18 and srfi-69

[Felix Winkelmann]

From: Peter Bex <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH(5)] Remove srfi-18 and srfi-69
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:40:17 +0200

> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:39:59AM +0200, Felix Winkelmann wrote:
>> Hello!
>> 
>> 
>> This patch removes support for srfi-18 and srfi-69. I had to remove
>> some tests as well, specifically those that use threads.
> 
> This seems like a bad idea.  These tests are there because we've had
> very hairy problems with the scheduler in the past.  Is it possible to
> keep the tests, using lower-level primitives?

I have moved the last remaining tests (signal-tests.scm) into the
srfi-18 test suite, so all tests remain.


felix