From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id QAA01867; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:14 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA01487 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:12 +0100 (MET) Received: from fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (fichte.ai.univie.ac.at [131.130.174.156]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hBCFwB126897 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:11 +0100 (MET) Received: from fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (markus@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id hBCFw8Hn028111 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:08 +0100 Received: (from markus@localhost) by fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id hBCFw8UC028110 for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:08 +0100 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:58:08 +0100 From: Markus Mottl To: OCaml Subject: [Caml-list] Finalizers and threads Message-ID: <20031212155808.GB23087@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> Mail-Followup-To: OCaml Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; finalizers:01 threads:01 finalization:01 threads:01 blocking:01 mottl:02 mottl:02 markus:04 markus:04 functions:05 oefai:05 oefai:05 i'd:06 www:91 there:16 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi, I'd like to know whether it is safe to use "enter_blocking_section" in finalization functions (C) to allow execution of other threads when some operation there (e.g. shutting down some TCP/IP-connection) may block for some time. Regards, Markus -- Markus Mottl http://www.oefai.at/~markus markus@oefai.at ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners