[PD-dev] Pd 0.37 test 7 and cvs devel_0_37

[guenter geiger]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Thomas Grill wrote:
> I merged in version 0.37 test 7 into the devel_0_37 branch of the cvs ( hope
> i didn't break anything... there were a lot of changes...), and also added
> some of my stuff from the devel_0_36 branch:
> - thread locks with unlocking at idle time (functions sys_lock, sys_unlock,
> sys_trylock)
> - soft quitting using the sys_quit flag of the scheduler loop  (non-exported
> function sys_exit)
>
> These features have proven to work realiably with my setup (under Windows)
> in daily work. It would be great if they could be incorporated into the
> mainstream PD distribution.

Thats fantastic ... :)

Thanks a lot for doing the merge. I think that threading support is
very important for pd in the future. This way we hopefully get feedback
on possible problems with it.

Greetings,

Guenter