Re: igc, macOS avoiding signals

[Gerd Möllmann]

Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com> writes:

> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:
>> Anyway, it definitely seems to be the case that MPS is _not_ running GCs
>> concurrently, unless it would do things that I find highly unlikely.
>>
>> I find that a bit, let's say, disappointing, TBH :-(.
>
> Well, I think that MPS is bring-your-own-thread concurrent.  I'm not
> sure the current MPS can usefully be concurrent, because of the thread
> suspension thing, but we can run it in another thread if we want to.
>
> (If it turns out that using a separate thread isn't an advantage, we
> should look at reducing the size of our roots (or protecting them)
> rather than giving up on the idea entirely.  As long as other threads
> freely move references to and from global roots, detecting unreachable
> objects is hard.)
>
> Pip

If they had said something, maybe I'd not tried to use MPS in Emacs. Or
maybe I would who knows.

Anyway, I must say that Emacs with igc feels a lot better and is as
stable. I don't think I'll ever go back :-).