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Auto merge of #1898 - Kixunil:patch-1, r=RalfJung
Document threading support a bit more This adds a few known limitations around threading to the README and suggests the users to look into GitHub issues to learn more. Addresses #1388 (comment)
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has no access to most platform-specific APIs or FFI. A few APIs have been
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implemented (such as printing to stdout) but most have not: for example, Miri
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currently does not support SIMD or networking.
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* Threading support is not finished yet. E.g., weak memory effects are not
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emulated and spin loops (without syscalls) just loop forever. There is no
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threading support on Windows.
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[rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
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[mir]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/1211-mir.md

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