[Vm-dev] Re: primitive retry across suspension for OwnedLock waitAcquire [HOLD]

[Ben Coman]

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:
>
> So having *mostly* produced a technical proof of concept (for
> StackVM), the meta-question is whether a change like this worth
> pursuing?  Apart from my own need for the OwnedLock
> primitiveWaitAcquire, I have cluelessly wondered if there might be any
> benefit for multi-threading or callback patterns, now or in the
> future.
>
> Also, are there any obvious/known difficulties to be expected doing
> this with JIT side?

I'll hold back from those questions for now.  I'm trying an
alternative approach that doesn't involve changing the
cross-suspension primitiveFail semantics.

cheers -ben