Re: new_line in a put_line

[tmoran@acm.org]

> The problem as I see it, is of course that one tries to express a
> CRITICAL SECTION in terms of OBJECTS. This *cannot* be good. The first
> is about execution flow control the second is about data.
  Then you should use a task.  Using the lock object is a short, possibly
faster, idiom to accomplish the purpose.  It's like the "good morning" in
"Good morning gentlemen.  I have some bad news..."  You are not trying to
say the morning is a good one, you are trying to say "ok, let's get
started, I have the floor and want your attention." "Good morning" is
quicker.
  It may require some comments to explain what's going on to someone
unfamiliar with the idiom, but it's a valuable idiom.  A recent thread
here mentioned using an asm string scan operation in conjunction with
boolean arrays.  A purist might say that's not what it was intended for,
but a pragmatist would say it's an excellent idea.