Although "macOS" is the correct name for Apple's current desktop OS,
we've decided to go with "Mac OS" to cover all of Apple's Unix-like
desktop OS versions. The label "Mac OS" is more readable, clear in
context (i.e., unlikely to be confused with the Mac OSes that
proceeded Mac OS X), and as likely to match Apple's future OS names
as anything.
lookup-errno now returns #f when given an unknown symbol instead
of raising a contract error. It should not return #f for any
symbol that it previously accepted.
When an array value is provided, make sure that it's an array
with at least the expected length (or longer) and same element
layout. That's weaker than checking that the array elements have
the right type, because an `eq?` check at the ctype layer seems
too strong, and the ctype API doesn't provide enough information
for a more flexible equality.
Expose tagged allocation and a function that interprets a description
of tagged shapes. As a furst cut, the description can only specify
constant offsets for pointers within the object, but future extensions
are possible.
While `#:in-original-place? #t` provides one way to serialize
foreign calls, it acts as a single lock and requires expensive
context switches. Using an explicit lock can be more efficient
for serializing calls across different places.
For example, running "plot.scrbl" takes 70 seconds on my machine
in the original place and using `#:lock-name` in any place,
while it took 162 seconds in a non-main place with Cairo+Pango
serialization via `#:in-original-place? #t`.
Internally, the named lock combines compare-and-swap with a
place channel. That strategy gives good performance in the case
of no contention, and it cooperates properly with the Racket
scheduler where there is contention.
