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@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ Cyclone allocates most new objects in a thread-local stack. This is efficient fo
Cyclone deals with this problem using the concept of Shared Objects. A shared object is an object located in a segment of memory that is available for use by any thread. Note that concurrency primitives must still be used to safely coordinate access to these objects!
The following types of objects are already shared:
The following types of objects are always shared:
- Concurrency primitives (mutex, conditional variable, atom). These object are always allocated on the heap since the intent is for multiple threads to use them for synchronization.
- Concurrency primitives (mutex, conditional variable, atom). These object are allocated on the heap since the intent is for multiple threads to use them for synchronization.
- Fixnum integers and characters. These are immediates (IE, value types) so there is no object reference.
- Booleans, bignums, symbols, and the EOF object.
All other objects must be shared before they can be safely used by multiple threads.
### make-shared
(make-shared obj)