Re: [Chicken-users] readline blocks threads

[Elf]

um... repl will always block threads.  as the docs state, read is blocking
except for certain network ports.

-elf

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Shawn Rutledge wrote:

> If you do
>
> (use readline)
> (current-input-port (make-gnu-readline-port "csi> "))
> (thread-start! (lambda () (let loop () (printf "loop~%") (loop))))
>
> the thread doesn't run in the background anymore, presumably because
> readline uses blocking I/O.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chicken-users mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users