Re: Threads

[Tristan Van Berkom <tristan van berkom gmail com>]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:47:50 +1100, Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au> wrote:
> So if g_main_loop_run() runs for the duration of the app, then there is nothing
> guarding gdk calls made by gtk callbacks. So, doesn't this mean that every gtk
> operation in a gtk callback that eventually calls a gdk function, should be
> surrounded by gdk_threads_enter()/leave() ?

Callbacks that you register with widgets run outside the threads mutex,
so yes; you should protect gtk/gdk function calls with
gdk_threads_enter()/leave().

Cheers,
                                -Tristan