Re: Multiple threads and gtk_main()

["Jonathan Winterflood" <jonathan winterflood gmail com>]

Hi,

Could the GAsyncQueue be configured to run a callback in the main thread
when a element (or whatever gets pushed into it) is ready, just like one
woud do with a GIOChannel ?

It would be cleaner than a timeout or an idle function I think.

Jonathan

On 7/10/07, Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 13:10 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> [snip]
> > Make your threads add stuff to a single GAsyncQueue. Let an idle
> > function (or a timeout function) always run, that checks the GAsyncQueue
> > and does something if there is something to do, or simply returns if it
> > is empty. Wouldn't that work?
>
> That would work with a timeout, but not with an idle function.  Using
> g_idle_add() in this way would create a busy loop.
>
> Chris
>
>
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