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the big renamefest: first steps

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#
#
# Nimrod's Runtime Library
# Nim's Runtime Library
# (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
#
# See the file "copying.txt", included in this
# distribution, for details about the copyright.
#
## Thread support for Nimrod. **Note**: This is part of the system module.
## Thread support for Nim. **Note**: This is part of the system module.
## Do not import it directly. To activate thread support you need to compile
## with the ``--threads:on`` command line switch.
##
## Nimrod's memory model for threads is quite different from other common
## Nim's memory model for threads is quite different from other common
## programming languages (C, Pascal): Each thread has its own
## (garbage collected) heap and sharing of memory is restricted. This helps
## to prevent race conditions and improves efficiency. See `the manual for
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##
## Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nimrod
## .. code-block:: Nim
##
## import locks
##
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# the GC can examine the stacks?
proc stopTheWord() = discard
# We jump through some hops here to ensure that Nimrod thread procs can have
# the Nimrod calling convention. This is needed because thread procs are
# We jump through some hops here to ensure that Nim thread procs can have
# the Nim calling convention. This is needed because thread procs are
# ``stdcall`` on Windows and ``noconv`` on UNIX. Alternative would be to just
# use ``stdcall`` since it is mapped to ``noconv`` on UNIX anyway.
type
TThread* {.pure, final.}[TArg] =
object of TGcThread ## Nimrod thread. A thread is a heavy object (~14K)
object of TGcThread ## Nim thread. A thread is a heavy object (~14K)
## that **must not** be part of a message! Use
## a ``TThreadId`` for that.
when TArg is void: