[vlc-devel] Kate rendering patch rebased to latest git

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> VLC has lock-free (atomic) reference counting through
> vlc_gc_init/vlc_hold/vlc_release. Is there any reason why you're using
> a custom scheme?

The mere reason that I do not know the VLC code enough to
know what building blocks are available to me for which task.
I'll have a grep at this and see what needs to change to use
the one you mention. Not too comfortable changing locking
on a ready patch though :/