Re: GEMDOS re-entrancy

[Claus Brod <clausb@hpbeo79.bbn.hp.com>]

> There is one snag, when talking about GEM (that is AES and VDI). If
> GEM is not reentrant, one process should block GEM while executing a
> GEM function. That is no problem for graphics, it takes the time it
> takes anyway, but dont forget the event loop. The typical GEM program
> will call an event_something and block GEM for a very long time!

Oops, true. But we could get around this by just blocking the AES
when someone calls rsrc_load() or other functions (the clipboard
functions, for example) that cause the disk to be accessed, not 
for the other, "mostly harmless" calls...

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