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From: Francois Rouaix <francois@r...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] C-interface: caml_enter/leave_blocking_section 
When you want to be able to switch threads while in C-code, or handle  
signals.
However, my understanding is that the code in the section must not  
access anything in the Caml heap.

On Jan 16, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Bauer, Christoph wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when do I have to call the functions
>    caml_enter_blocking_section ()
> and
>    caml_leave_blocking_section ()
> in my C-stub code?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christoph Bauer
> Dipl. Inf.
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