On 2012-04-20 20:08, Sean Kelly wrote:

> http://petermodzelewski.blogspot.com/2008/10/tango-conference-2008-fibers-talk-video.html
>
> I've been digging around and just found Mikola's coroutine implementation on my hard drive.  It would have to be updated, but I do have the code.  Maybe this should be added to Druntime.

I thought that this is what's used in druntime and Tango already?

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On May 21, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

> On 2012-04-20 20:08, Sean Kelly wrote:
> 
>> http://petermodzelewski.blogspot.com/2008/10/tango-conference-2008-fibers-talk-video.html
>> 
>> I've been digging around and just found Mikola's coroutine implementation on my hard drive.  It would have to be updated, but I do have the code.  Maybe this should be added to Druntime.
> 
> I thought that this is what's used in druntime and Tango already?

Druntime Fiber is equivalent to Mikola's StackThreads, but there's no Coroutine class in Druntime.

On 21 May 2012 21:15, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote:

> On May 21, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>
> > On 2012-04-20 20:08, Sean Kelly wrote:
> >
> >>
> http://petermodzelewski.blogspot.com/2008/10/tango-conference-2008-fibers-talk-video.html
> >>
> >> I've been digging around and just found Mikola's coroutine
> implementation on my hard drive.  It would have to be updated, but I do have the code.  Maybe this should be added to Druntime.
> >
> > I thought that this is what's used in druntime and Tango already?
>
> Druntime Fiber is equivalent to Mikola's StackThreads, but there's no Coroutine class in Druntime.


What's the distinction between a fiber and a coroutine? I thought they were basically synonymous.

On May 21, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Manu wrote:

> On 21 May 2012 21:15, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote: On May 21, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> 
> > On 2012-04-20 20:08, Sean Kelly wrote:
> >
> >> http://petermodzelewski.blogspot.com/2008/10/tango-conference-2008-fibers-talk-video.html
> >>
> >> I've been digging around and just found Mikola's coroutine implementation on my hard drive.  It would have to be updated, but I do have the code.  Maybe this should be added to Druntime.
> >
> > I thought that this is what's used in druntime and Tango already?
> 
> Druntime Fiber is equivalent to Mikola's StackThreads, but there's no Coroutine class in Druntime.
> 
> What's the distinction between a fiber and a coroutine? I thought they were basically synonymous.

Coroutine is a tad higher-level, but they're functionally identical.

On 2012-05-21 20:15, Sean Kelly wrote:

> Druntime Fiber is equivalent to Mikola's StackThreads, but there's no Coroutine class in Druntime.

Aha, I see. So that's the difference ?

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 2012-05-22 09:23, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-05-21 20:15, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
>> Druntime Fiber is equivalent to Mikola's StackThreads, but there's no
>> Coroutine class in Druntime.
>
> Aha, I see. So that's the difference ?

Found the answer in an other part of the thread.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 21 May 2012 19:16, David Nadlinger <see@klickverbot.at> wrote:

> On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 15:04:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
>> How far did you get using Fibers on Windows in the end?
>> I'm using GDC for x64 Windows, and it crashes in call(), but before it
>> enters the fibre function. I think it's just broken... :/
>> Anyone else had problems?
>>
>
> Fiber support should be reasonably stable on pretty much all flavors of Windows when using DMD (i.e. compiling for 32 bit). Never tested GDC…


Mmm, I just ran some tests with DMD, seems to work. GDC, not so much :(

On May 22, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Manu wrote:

> On 21 May 2012 19:16, David Nadlinger <see@klickverbot.at> wrote:
> On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 15:04:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
> How far did you get using Fibers on Windows in the end?
> I'm using GDC for x64 Windows, and it crashes in call(), but before it
> enters the fibre function. I think it's just broken... :/
> Anyone else had problems?
> 
> Fiber support should be reasonably stable on pretty much all flavors of Windows when using DMD (i.e. compiling for 32 bit). Never tested GDC…
> 
> Mmm, I just ran some tests with DMD, seems to work. GDC, not so much :(

Is GDC broken for both 32 and 64 bit, or just 64 bit?

On 24 May 2012 21:08, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote:

> On May 22, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Manu wrote:
>
> > On 21 May 2012 19:16, David Nadlinger <see@klickverbot.at> wrote:
> > On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 15:04:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
> > How far did you get using Fibers on Windows in the end?
> > I'm using GDC for x64 Windows, and it crashes in call(), but before it
> > enters the fibre function. I think it's just broken... :/
> > Anyone else had problems?
> >
> > Fiber support should be reasonably stable on pretty much all flavors of
> Windows when using DMD (i.e. compiling for 32 bit). Never tested GDC…
> >
> > Mmm, I just ran some tests with DMD, seems to work. GDC, not so much :(
>
> Is GDC broken for both 32 and 64 bit, or just 64 bit?
>

I haven't tested x32, I work with x64 exclusively.

On May 28, 2012, at 1:19 AM, Manu <turkeyman@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 May 2012 21:08, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote: On May 22, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Manu wrote:
> 
> > On 21 May 2012 19:16, David Nadlinger <see@klickverbot.at> wrote:
> > On Monday, 21 May 2012 at 15:04:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
> > How far did you get using Fibers on Windows in the end?
> > I'm using GDC for x64 Windows, and it crashes in call(), but before it
> > enters the fibre function. I think it's just broken... :/
> > Anyone else had problems?
> >
> > Fiber support should be reasonably stable on pretty much all flavors of Windows when using DMD (i.e. compiling for 32 bit). Never tested GDC…
> >
> > Mmm, I just ran some tests with DMD, seems to work. GDC, not so much :(
> 
> Is GDC broken for both 32 and 64 bit, or just 64 bit?
> 
> I haven't tested x32, I work with x64 exclusively.

The x64 fiber code isn't very well tested. It's possible something got missed for setting up the stack properly.