D2 Multithreading Architecture

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Reply to Jason,

> Bartosz's latest blog implies he's settled on a design. I'm curious if
> that means dmd 2.031 will finally contain the critical changes for
> that.
> 
> If I understand the blog cirrectly, the design (in a nutshell) is as
> follows:
> 1. Data passing between threads reqires shared, unique, or invariant
> 2. Shared variables will include the proper monitor to lock in order
> to use them
> 3. Shared variabled ensure sequential consistency
> 4. Lockless programming will be supported
> Did I miss anything or get anything wrong? I know there are specific
> details yet to be shared, and I tried to not elaborate on specific
> points.
> 

#2 & #4 had better mix without to much pain. Some sort of special wormhole?