[PD-dev] Is gensym() threadsafe?

[Tim Blechmann]

hi kjetil,

> I'm working on the snd external, and wonder about gensyms thread
> safety. It looks to be, but I'm not quite sure. In case it isn't
> is there a locking-mechanism or something I can use?
> 
> I also see that there are some functions called sys_lock or
> something, how does they work?

gensym is basically not thread safe ... for the devel branch i made
gensym threadsafe, but if you want to write code for miller's pd, you
need to use the syslock ...

cheers ... tim

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