Re: Native Threads in the RTS

After sending this mail this morning, I realized that threadsafety is largely orthogonal to the choice of which thread to run in. For example, I might want to make an 'unsafe' call in a particular native thread. So my proposed spec should add a second, orthogonal choice of ffi call types ('native'|'green') which may be specified _in addition to_ the current 'threadsafe'|'safe'|'unsafe'. -- Alastair ps Better names than 'native' and 'green' surely exist. Something which conveys the idea that the thread will be remembered for later use seems appropriate but no good words spring to mind.