Hi again Osmo, On 31 May 2012 17:50, Osmo Antero <osm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jcupitt: > Ok, g_idle_add() seems to need protection by gdk_threads_enter() and > leave(). > Ref: > http://developer.gnome.org/gdk/stable/gdk-Threads.html#gdk-threads-add-idle
That's out of date. g_idle_add() does not need any locking by you. > can do without. Anyway, an interesting suggestion to use the main-loop to > run a job-function or "thread". This "thread" have to compete with other > events like GUI-updates and key strokes. Yes, you can't use the main thread for much computation, but it's fine to just service events and do simple GUI changes. All drawing will be serialised anyway, of course, so serialising slightly earlier will hardly affect performance. Additionally, having the guarantee that handlers cannot interfere with each other makes your GUI code much simpler. You can manipulate your model without worrying about locks. You only need to remember that handlers can fire in (almost) any order. John _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
