gtk_label_set_text severe performance issue

[Dave Andruczyk <djandruczyk yahoo com>]

  I have an application that updates a bunch of GTK_LABEL's used for status
information. (about 15 labels at a max refresh of about 30 times per second)

When updating only about 5 of the 15 labels at 30 times/sec CPU usage stays at
a steady 35% (Athlon 1.2Ghz) updating all at 3o times/sec nearly maxes the CPU
out.  Commenting out the gtk_label_set_text() calls keeps cpu usage at 0%. 
What gives?

The labels are being updated with a 3 to 5 charactor number (like 125.5), so
it's not like I'm rerendering a large block of text...

This is with GTK+-2.4.9 on gentoo linux.  (I've seen this problem since
GTK+-2.0)




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Dave J. Andruczyk


                
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