  
  [1X2 [33X[0;0YVariables in HPC-GAP[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YVariables  with  global  scope have revised semantics in HPC-GAP in order to
  address  concurrency  issues.  The normal semantics of global variables that
  are only accessed by a single thread remain unaltered.[133X
  
  
  [1X2.1 [33X[0;0YGlobal variables[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YGlobal  variables  in  HPC-GAP  can  be accessed by all threads concurrently
  without  explicit  synchronization. Concurrent access is safe, but it is not
  deterministic.  If  multiple  threads  attempt  to  modify  the  same global
  variable  simultaneously,  the resulting value of the variable is random; it
  will  be  one  of  the  values assigned by a thread, but it is impossible to
  predict with certainty which specific one will be assigned.[133X
  
  
  [1X2.2 [33X[0;0YThread-local variables[133X[101X
  
  [33X[0;0YHPC-GAP   supports   the  notion  of  thread-local  variables.  Thread-local
  variables  are  (after  being  declared  as such) accessed and modified like
  global variables. However, unlike global variables, each thread can assign a
  distinct value to a thread-local variable.[133X
  
  [4X[32X  Example  [32X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XMakeThreadLocal("x");[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xx := 1;;[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27XWaitTask(RunTask(function() x := 2; end));[127X[104X
    [4X[25Xgap>[125X [27Xx;[127X[104X
    [4X[28X1[128X[104X
  [4X[32X[104X
  
  [33X[0;0YAs  can  be  seen  here,  the  assignment to [10Xx[110X in a separate thread does not
  overwrite the value of [10Xx[110X in the main thread.[133X
  
  [1X2.2-1 MakeThreadLocal[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XMakeThreadLocal[102X( [3Xname[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XMakeThreadLocal[102X   makes   the  variable  described  by  the  string  [3Xname[103X  a
  thread-local variable. It normally does not give it an initial value; either
  explicit  per-thread  assignment  or  a  call  to [2XBindThreadLocal[102X ([14X2.2-2[114X) or
  [2XBindThreadLocalConstructor[102X ([14X2.2-3[114X) to provide a default value is necessary.[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YIf  a  global variable with the same name exists and is bound at the time of
  the   call,  its  value  will  be  used  as  the  default  value  as  though
  [2XBindThreadLocal[102X  ([14X2.2-2[114X)  had  been  called  with  that  value as its second
  argument.[133X
  
  [1X2.2-2 BindThreadLocal[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XBindThreadLocal[102X( [3Xname[103X, [3Xobj[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XBindThreadLocal[102X gives the thread-local variable described by the string [3Xname[103X
  the  default value [3Xobj[103X. The first time the thread-local variable is accessed
  in  a  thread  thereafter,  it will yield [3Xobj[103X as its value if it hasn't been
  assigned a specific value yet.[133X
  
  [1X2.2-3 BindThreadLocalConstructor[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XBindThreadLocalConstructor[102X( [3Xname[103X, [3Xfunc[103X ) [32X function[133X
  
  [33X[0;0Y[2XBindThreadLocal[102X  ([14X2.2-2[114X)  gives  the  thread-local variable described by the
  string  [3Xname[103X  the constructor [3Xfunc[103X. The first time the thread-local variable
  is  accessed in a thread thereafter, it will yield [3Xfunc()[103X as its value if it
  hasn't been assigned a specific value yet.[133X
  
  [1X2.2-4 ThreadVar[101X
  
  [33X[1;0Y[29X[2XThreadVar[102X[32X global variable[133X
  
  [33X[0;0YAll  thread-local variables are stored in the thread-local record [2XThreadVar[102X.
  Thus,  if  [10Xx[110X  is  a  thread-local variable, using [10XThreadVar.x[110X is the same as
  using [10Xx[110X.[133X
  
