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Update join-thread docs

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* doc/ref/api-scheduling.texi (Threads): Joining a foreign thread is an
  error.
* NEWS: Update.
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Andy Wingo 2016-11-21 18:34:41 +01:00
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@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ deprecated; use `scm_timed_lock_mutex' instead.
It used to be that `unlock-mutex' included `wait-condition-variable'
functionality. This has been deprecated; use SRFI-18 if you want this
behavior from `mutex-unlock!'. Relatedly, `scm_unlock_mutex_timed is
behavior from `mutex-unlock!'. Relatedly, `scm_unlock_mutex_timed' is
deprecated; use `scm_unlock_mutex' instead.
** Removed `unchecked-unlock' mutex flag
@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ The `set-thread-cleanup!' and `thread-cleanup' functions that were added
in Guile 2.0 to support cleanup after thread cancellation are no longer
needed, since threads can declare cleanup handlers via `dynamic-wind'.
** Only threads created by Guile are joinable
`join-thread' used to work on "foreign" threads that were not created by
Guile itself, though their join value was always `#f'. This is no
longer the case; attempting to join a foreign thread will throw an
error.
* New deprecations
** Arbiters deprecated