Re: [gedit-list] Multithreading in gedit plugins

[Ami Tavory <atavory gmail com>]

Michael Zeising wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I need to execute some tasks in parallel threads to not block gedit. To 
> initialize threading in PyGTK, I'm running "gtk.gdk.threads_init()" at 
> the top of my plugin's "__init__.py".
>
> To thread a method I use the following decorator:
>
> -----
> import threading
>
> def threaded(f):
>     """
>     Threaded decorator
>     """
>     def wrapper(*args):
>         t = threading.Thread(target=f, args=args)
>         t.start()
>     return wrapper
> -----
>
> When I apply this decorator like
>
> -----
> @threaded
> def parseSomething(self):
>     do_stuff()
> -----
>
> the method is _never_ run and a segmentation fault occurs when I quit gedit.
>
> Has anyone of you experienced this yet? I'd be really thankful for any 
> hint on how to solve this!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
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>   
   Hello,

   This question comes up once in awhile. As far as I understand, the 
way GEdit is using Python's global interpreter lock, you can't run 
Python threads. Maybe you should check the archives - I once wrote a 
more referenced reply.

   Bye,

   Ami