Re: g_string_x thread safety?

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at 01:35  PM, Michael Rothwell wrote:

> I'm using gnome-vfs, which uses pthreads, to fetch data from various 
> places, and call a callback in my gtk program to update a display. It 
> keeps crashing in the g_string* functions (append, truncate) if there is 
> more than one thread. I assume I should use the glib threading stuff to 
> protect my callback, based on the behavior I'm seeing. But I wanted to 
> bounce it off the list to see if anyone else had any thoughts on this (i.
> e., bug or feature)?

gnome-vfs does all callbacks on the main thread, even though it does work 
with multiple threads. Your program is never exposed to the thread safety 
issues. Using the glib threading stuff is unnecessary and will not protect 
you. It's some other bug in your code, I'm assuming.

    -- Darin