Re: GSoC multithreading project question

[Vladimir T. <vtz...@gm...>]

Hello Sergey,

Thanks for interest.

The GC integration is not the hardest part of the task, imo.
In current implementation there is no big difference between weak hash
tables (http://clisp.org/impnotes/weak.html#weak-ht) and normal ones
besides the special treatment during GC (see spvw_weak.d).

I am willing to assist you with handling GC issues.

BR
  Vladimir

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Sergey Vinokurov <ser...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Sergey Vinokurov, I'm student from Ukraine and I would like to
> work on thread safe lock-free hash tables. Project suggestion from official GNU
> site mentions integration with garbage collector and in particular handling of
> weak relations, and these weak relations make me doubt in my ability to finish
> stated suggestion in full during summer due to my lack of experience with GCs.
>
> So I'd like to ask, is it feasible to left handling of weak relations
> as optional
> and leave hash table implementation and basic GC integration as required? Or am
> I just confused and weak relations can be added without much ado once
> hash tables
> are implemented and properly integrated with GC?
>
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