threads.lisp

(in-package "PTHREAD")

;;;; Module THREADS

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;;; Author: Jim Allard






;;;; Thread Library Implementation



;;; This file implements all of the functions used to interface with the Posic
;;; PTHREADs library.  Access is provided to all of the standard tools, and also
;;; to two additional forms, progn-parallel and progn-parallel-race.

;;; In ThinLisp, threads are represented as a structure that you created with make-pthread

(defstruct (pthread (:reclaimer reclaim-pthread))
  (thread-id 0 :type uint32))