Fiber implementation questions
deadalnix via Digitalmars-d
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon Jun 20 13:17:04 PDT 2016
On Monday, 20 June 2016 at 15:43:27 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking about faster event loop that vibe.d has (does not
> matter what driver are used). I want to implement (at least
> DIP) advanced Fiber yielding loop that can allow to eliminate
> context switching for all kind of event waiters.
>
> Q1: Is it save to detach Fiber context from one thread and
> attach it to another thread?
>
No, and there are no way to make it safe without significant
penalty for ALL code (not just code using fibers) and breaking
the type system.
> Q2: core.thread.Fiber implementation looks like GC does not
> scan function stacks for yielded contexts. Why?
>
Doesn't it ?
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