[tex-live] question about kpathsea_new() and kpathsea_finish(), and thread safety

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Mon Jun 27 08:48:35 CEST 2016


> Another question: is kpathsea thread safe and reentrant ?

On Unix platforms, I believe that kpathsea is reentrant,
thanks to Taco. On windows, unfortunately, there are,
probably, two global variables, which Peter and I had
left for simplicity.

Best,
Akira



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