2008/12/4 Jean-Daniel Dupas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My understanding is that ALL threads have a runloop (from the CFRunLoop > doc): > > «There is exactly one run loop per thread. You neither create nor destroy a > thread's run loop. Core Foundation automatically creates it for you as > needed. » > > As CoreFoundation is not part of Cocoa, I doubt that only Cocoa thread can > have a CFRunLoop. (In fact, I do not doubt, i'm pretty sure CoreFoundation > is based on pthread and do not use Cocoa at all). > > I did tool that do not use obj-c at all and use pthread and CFRunLoop to > managed networks events (using CFSocket) and it works just as it should.
After skimming the "Threading Programming Guide",I realize you are right about the run loops. All threads have a run loop, including pthread-created ones. But you have to configure and start the run loop for all threads other than the main thread. I'm learning new stuff all the time... :-) / Påhl _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
