Re: [xml] New libxml which is reentrant ?

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 02:04:32AM +0200, Roland Mainz wrote:
> Are there any plans to make a new libxml version which is reentrant and

  Define reentrant.

> removes the use of global variables, e.g. replaces |xmlInitGlobals()|

  no, though the use of global variable has been limited to strict minimum with
new APIs

> with a function which returns a "handle" (similar to |_xmlGlobalState|)

  no

> which is per thread and/or consumer (similar to how PAM handles thread

  global variables are already per thread

> support) and then passed explicitly to each consuming function ?

  no

In a nutshell, do not expect a libxml2 redesign.

Daniel

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