Re: [Chicken-users] c-string return question

[Jörg F . Wittenberger]

On Oct 13 2011, Alan Post wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 02:46:30PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > Alan Post scripsit:
> >
> > > It does make the routine non-reentrant.  Does that matter here?
> >
> > I don't see how.  This routine is called from Chicken, and the string
> > gets copied into a Chicken string right away.
> >
> > I suppose you might want to shut off interrupts.
>
> Right!  I was laboring under the illusion of posix threads.

Hm, I'm working in the presence of posix threads; just until now
there is only one chicken thread for me.

Which might change, as I said.

But shutting off interrupts is totally irrelevant here.
We are talking about the generated code as seen within the C function.
interrupts are checked at their begin.