use Rc;
use thread;
use lazy_static;
use PathBuf;
/// A pointer type for use in TeX - this is just an alias for `Rc`, but may by replaced by `Arc` in the future.
pub type Ptr<A> = ;
lazy_static!
//pub const STACK_SIZE : usize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
/// run a function in a new thread with a given stack size. Useful to increase the stack size.