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Re: Adding threading support to lang/sbcl
> > Kevin Bloom <ktnb%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > >> ktnb%netbsd.org@localhost
> > >> > > I have tried running the test for sbcl with threads enabled. There are
> > >> > > a few that fail. I've reached out on the mailing list about this and
> > >> > > have not heard back after a month or more.
> > >> >
> > >> > > So I decided to attempt to do some thread work to test it out and it
> > >> > > appears to be working as expected. I tested sb-thread directly and
> > >> > > I've tested bordeaux-threads in a little api server that I've been
> > >> > > working on.
> > >> >
> > >> > A real-world test case that fails that I was given by another NetBSD
> > >> > user is the Nyxt browser.
> > >>
> > >> Do you know if it's failing specifically due to sb-thread? I may try
> > >> to bulid Nyxt to see but I'm aware it isn't an easy one. Thanks for
> > >> the heads up, hopefully I can test it soon.
> > >
> > > While I have not attempted to build Nyxt, I have buit wip/stumpwm that
> > > also reqiures sb-thread and it's working fine.
> > >
> > > If anyone has any objections please speak up. If none, I'll commit the
> > > change in ~1 week. :)
> >
> > There are threading tests in the 'tests' subdirectory of the SBCL
> > sources, have you tried running them?
>
> I've only ran the main tests and if they're included in those then
> yes. The tests that fail don't seem to be releted to the threads (from
> what I've gathered)
Okay, so I completely lied. Just re-ran the tests and they do fail
when they get to the threads bit.
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