Georg Köster wrote:
> I'm trying around with Croquet since a short while and stumbled over a 
> bug in TPromise, but after a first fix there I also found that I could 
> lock up my squeak (3.8.18beta1U on os x 10.5) as simply as this:
> 
> |s b c|
> s := Semaphore new.
> b := false.
> [b := true. "forgotten/crashed therefore no: s signal." ] fork.
> Delay timeoutSemaphore: s afterMSecs: 1.
> s wait.
> c := b.
> Transcript show: c; cr.

I am not sure what you expect this to print. In a Croquet SDK image it 
prints "true" which I presume is correct?

> This shows the use case. Shorter even:
> |s|
> s := Semaphore new.
> Delay timeoutSemaphore: s afterMSecs: 1.
> s wait.
> Transcript show: 'doesnt get here - not printed'; cr.
> 
> I hope I'm doing something wrong here!

You must be. This works fine in a Croquet SDK image.

> I pasted the fixes from 6576 and 6588 to no avail.

None of these would even affect this behavior.

> Resource intense, I know. I would love to use your Delay mechanism!

And you should be able to. All of the above seem to work fine with the 
Croquet images that I've tried - what images are you using it with?

Cheers,
   - Andreas