Subject: bug#14039: closed (Re: bug#14039: Bug in with-fluids semantics)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:10:02 +0000

Your bug report

#14039: Bug in with-fluids semantics

which was filed against the guile package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#14039: Bug in with-fluids semantics
From: Andy Wingo <[email-masked]>
To: Stefan Israelsson Tampe <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:07:31 +0100
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On Sat 23 Mar 2013 11:41, Stefan Israelsson Tampe <[email-masked]> writes:

> The reason is that when the with-fluid returns normally it does a full
> swap. It should only do half a swap e.g. restore the old value of the
> fluid and not store the current which is of non use because it can not
> be reached anymore and it contaminates the continuation k.

That's not how fluids work, semantically: for better (I think) or for
worse (you think).  We cannot change this.

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Subject: Bug in with-fluids semantics
From: Stefan Israelsson Tampe <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:41:29 +0100
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Consider this simple exmple with fluids and reodos via propmts,

(define (f x) 
  (let ((s (make-fluid 0))) 
     (with-fluids ((s 0)) 
        (let lp ((i 0)) 
           (cond ((>= i 100) (fluid-ref s)) 
                 ((= i 50) (abort-to-prompt 'tag) (lp (+ i 1))) 
                 (else (fluid-set! s (+ (fluid-ref s) i)) 
		       (lp (+ i 1))))))))

(define k (call-with-prompt 'tag (lambda () (f 1)) (lambda (k . l)
k)))

Then we will get in guile-2.0 pretty resent git version
scheme@(guile-user)> (k)
$1 = 4900
scheme@(guile-user)> (k)
$2 = 8575

The reason is that when the with-fluid returns normally it does a full
swap. It should only do half a swap e.g. restore the old value of the
fluid and not store the current which is of non use because it can not
be reached anymore and it contaminates the continuation k.

/Stefan