Re: [Caml-list] select (or polling) on in_channel?

[Eijiro Sumii <eijiro_sumii@anet.ne.jp>]

From: "Richard Jones" <rich@annexia.org>
> > I rather want to avoid multi-threading if select could be easy enough,
> > because the former is often too tricky due to the possibility of
> > deadlocks and races.
> 
> You can implement threads on top of select / poll semantics.  You also
> need to have a stack switching operation (such as makecontext /
> swapcontext, setjmp / longjmp, or a bit of asm).  Proof by example:
> http://www.annexia.org/freeware/pthrlib

Yes, I think I know - my colleagues (as well as I myself) have even
_taught_ how to implement threads by using select in our classes.

But how is that relevant in this context?  It doesn't mean
multi-threading is always easier than select (in my case, for
instance)...?

	Eijiro