[dmd-concurrency] Sending mesages to non-listening threads

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Robert Jacques wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:27:09 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> <andrei at erdani.com> wrote:
>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>> There are a bunch of things still missing from the current API that 
>>> will need to be addressed at some point though, like linking threads 
>>> (so one will be notified if the other exits), a Tid registery, and 
>>> probably a bunch of other things I'm forgetting offhand.  These 
>>> aren't necessary for a first cut, but they'll have to be added soon 
>>> after.
>>
>> Yah, please do mention everything you remember. I want to describe a 
>> reasonably complete API.
>>
>> Andrei
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> On that note, will we be able to create message boxes/queues that are 
> separate from threads?

Good question. I had been thinking about it; in particular, that means 
the built-in mailbox is just a hidden global. I haven't been able to 
think of compelling scenarios though, and Erlang doesn't seem to need them.

Andrei