Re: Help: multithreaded GNOME app

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

> I use pipes in all my multithreaded programs, mainly because select() is
> the most convenient way to wait for an application event; and since Gtk+
> provides a nice and easy-to-use event multiplexor system.

Out of curiosity, could you have used a semaphore for monitoring the
queue?  Or was that just way over the top?

	sri

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