WebAssembly / WebAssembly/wasi-libc
Enable C11 threads on top of pthreads?
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Description
It seems the C11 threads symbols are pretty incomplete in the current pthreads build (e.g. there isn't even thrd_create). Is this an oversight, or is there some technical difficulty to enable these functions?
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Research direction
Start by examining the current pthreads build and the C11 thread symbols, beginning with the missing thrd_create entry point mentioned in the issue. Determine the technical constraints around enabling the symbols and define completion as providing the missing C11 thread support or documenting why it cannot be enabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, wasm
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100