Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/actor.hfa
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--- libcfa/src/concurrency/actor.hfa	(revision db19e1d0d4adcc296ca7022c295f441155d4b6dc)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/actor.hfa	(revision c565d68d15124106fe65d3aa6a3624724d52a7a3)
@@ -710,5 +710,5 @@
 // Default messages to send to any actor to change status
 // assigned at creation to __base_msg_finished to avoid unused message warning
-message __base_msg_finished @= { .alloc : Finished };
+message __base_msg_finished @= { .alloc = Finished };
 struct delete_msg_t { inline message; } delete_msg = __base_msg_finished;
 struct destroy_msg_t { inline message; } destroy_msg = __base_msg_finished;
@@ -718,2 +718,6 @@
 allocation receive( actor & this, destroy_msg_t & msg ) { return Destroy; }
 allocation receive( actor & this, finished_msg_t & msg ) { return Finished; }
+
+// Default messages used all the time.
+//static struct startmsg_t { inline message; } start_msg; // start actor
+//static struct stopmsg_t { inline message; } stop_msg; // terminate actor
Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/kernel/startup.cfa
===================================================================
--- libcfa/src/concurrency/kernel/startup.cfa	(revision db19e1d0d4adcc296ca7022c295f441155d4b6dc)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/kernel/startup.cfa	(revision c565d68d15124106fe65d3aa6a3624724d52a7a3)
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@
 // Global state
 __thread struct KernelThreadData __cfaabi_tls __attribute__ ((tls_model ( "initial-exec" ))) @= {
-	.this_thread : NULL,								// cannot use 0p
-	.this_processor : NULL,
-	.sched_lock : false,
-	.preemption_state : { .disable_count : 1, .enabled : false, .in_progress : false },
+	.this_thread = NULL,								// cannot use 0p
+	.this_processor = NULL,
+	.sched_lock = false,
+	.preemption_state = { .disable_count = 1, .enabled = false, .in_progress = false },
 	// random_state uninitialized
-	.ready_rng : { .fwd_seed : 0, .bck_seed : 0 },
-	.this_stats : NULL,
+	.ready_rng = { .fwd_seed = 0, .bck_seed = 0 },
+	.this_stats = NULL,
 	#ifdef __CFA_WITH_VERIFY__
-		.in_sched_lock : false,
-		.sched_id : 0,
+		.in_sched_lock = false,
+		.sched_id = 0,
 	#endif
 };