Re: Dead code found, some questions and suggestions

[<Joe...@t-...>]

Hi,

Compro Prasad wrote:
>4) I was considering to provide each symbol with a mutex so that they could be
>   locked when any function tries to change the value of the symbol. 

So you consider introducing a software write barrier. Please explain to me why
you think that only symbols should be protected this way, not arbitrary slots?
Why do you want to protect
(setf (symbol-value x) #)
but not
(setf (car x) #) ?

Could you please elaborate on your rationale? What is the added value or use-case?

Regards,
	Jörg Höhle