[erlang-questions] How long a NIF can block the Erlang BEAM?

[Paul Guyot]

> Thanks Alceste and Mattias.
> 
> I was thinking about using SFMT instead of the random module, and was
> worrying about the scheduling disruption issue.  Functions in the random
> module is found at many places among the Erlang/OTP libraries, so I
> thought I had to be conservative.  
> 
> The enif_thread_create() and enif_send() pair Alceste wrote looks very
> interesting, though I also guess it's a bit too complicated for a random
> number generator.

Please note that using enif_send() for this purpose only works with SMP emulators.

Paul
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