Re: [Chicken-users] readline blocks threads

[Jim Ursetto]

Shawn:

Did you try using rlwrap?  It works fine here.

$ rlwrap csi
#;1> (use srfi-18)
#;2> (thread-start! (lambda () (let loop () (printf "loop~%") (thread-sleep! 1)
(loop))))
#<thread: thread0>
#;3> loop
loop
loop
loop

On 3/4/08, Shawn Rutledge <address@hidden> wrote:
> If you do
>
> (use readline)
> (current-input-port (make-gnu-readline-port "csi> "))
> (thread-start! (lambda () (let loop () (printf "loop~%") (loop))))
>
> the thread doesn't run in the background anymore, presumably because
> readline uses blocking I/O.
>
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