Re: Threads and main-loops

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

John K Luebs wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:08:50PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
>
> > John K Luebs wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:56:26PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > If i make multiple loops with:
> > > >
> > > > GMainLoop *loop1=g_main_loop_new(context1,TRUE);
> > > > GMainLoop *loop2=g_main_loop_new(context2,TRUE);
> > > > GMainLoop *loop3=g_main_loop_new(context3,TRUE);
> > > > g_main_loop_run(loop1);
> > > > g_main_loop_run(loop2);
> > > > g_main_loop_run(loop3);

...
> Now if you were just illustrating, and actually planning on nesting the
> g_main_loop_runs, then that might be a viable design. I was just curious
> why you needed "mutiple mainloops."
> My gut tells me that there are limited cases where you would want more
> than one context per thread.
>
> Have Fun,
>  -jkl

Hi,
Thanks, is clearer now. I needed to have a mental model (i think visual)
of threading and loop contexts to design the overall architecture of my app.