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(use mailbox-threads)

(define (new-t prev i)
  (let [(t (make-thread (lambda ()
			  (let lp []
			    (thread-receive)
			    (thread-send prev i)
			    (lp)))
			i))]
    (thread-start! t)
    t))

(let* [(p (current-thread))
       (n 500)           ; <-- increase this number if everything works
       (threads (map (lambda [i] (new-t p i)) (iota n)))]
  (for-each
   (lambda (t) (thread-send t 1))
   threads)
  (let lp [(i 1)]
    (print i " " (thread-receive))
    (if (< i n)
	(lp (add1 i)))))

;; The send by the first thread got borked

;; Warning (#<thread: 0>): in thread: (mailbox-send!) bad argument type - not a mailbox: (mboxthread () #<mailbox mbox-thread queued = 0 waiters = 0> #<mailbox-cursor ma............>...

;; 	Call history:

;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:93: thread-mbox	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:88: thread?	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:36: thread?	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:37: thread-specific	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:89: add-specifics!	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:51: mailbox#make-mailbox	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:52: mailbox#make-mailbox-cursor	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:54: thread-specific-set!	  
;; 	mailbox-threads.scm:93: mailbox#mailbox-send!	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:115: make-error-type-message	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:103: make-bad-argument-message	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:105: make-type-name-message	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:98: ->string	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:99: conc	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:102: string-append	  
;; 	type-errors.scm:115: signal-type-error	  	<--