Comment about the transient hack on <cgen-mutex>

shirok · Dec 4, 2023 · 36e5d66 · 36e5d66
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diff --git a/lib/gauche/cgen/literal.scm b/lib/gauche/cgen/literal.scm
@@ -1056,6 +1056,8 @@
 ;; mutex --------------------------------------------------------
 
 ;; Literal mutex is useful when a macro wants to insert a global lock.
+;; TRANSIENT: To compile 1.0 with 0.9.13, which doesn't export <mutex>,
+;; we need a global-variable-ref hack.  Remove it after 1.0 release.
 (define-cgen-literal <cgen-mutex> (global-variable-ref 'gauche.threads '<mutex>)
   ((name           :init-keyword :name))
   (make (value)