OriginalBugID: 3951 Bug
Version: 8.3b1
SubmitDate: '1999-12-28'
LastModified: '2000-07-25'
Severity: LOW
Status: Closed
Submitter: techsupp
ChangedBy: davidg
RelatedBugIDs: 5791
OS: Windows 2000
OSVersion: build 2128
FixedDate: '2000-07-25'
ClosedDate: '2000-10-25'
Name:
David Gravereaux
CVS:
$Id: Async.3,v 1.3 1999/04/16 00:46:30 stanton Exp $
CustomShell:
tclAsync.c fixes in progress.
Comments:
The man page should match the new behavior should the patch I contributed be adopted.
Patch:
Index: Async.3
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/doc/Async.3,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -c -r1.3 Async.3
*** Async.3 1999/04/16 00:46:30 1.3
--- Async.3 1999/12/28 02:18:37
***************
*** 60,65 ****
--- 60,73 ----
occurred, then handle the event later when the world has returned
to a clean state, such as after the current Tcl command completes.
.PP
+ Tcl_AsyncCreate, Tcl_AsyncDelete, and Tcl_AsyncReady
+ are thread sensitive. They access and/or set a thread-specific data
+ structure in the event of an --enable-thread built core. It is assumed
+ that the thread Tcl_AsyncCreate is called from will/does contain a
+ notifier that the resulting Tcl_AsyncMark(token) will be used to
+ yield and that Tcl_AsyncMark(token) can be called from any thread
+ context.
+ .PP
\fBTcl_AsyncCreate\fR creates an asynchronous handler and returns
a token for it.
The asynchronous handler must be created before
PatchFiles:
doc/Async.3
dupe of #5791
-- 07/25/2000 davidg
