Re: Idle Function Not Getting Called

[Marshall Lake <mlake mlake net>]

> > > The important point in looking at out-of-order locking (or other 
> > > locking issues) is that the idle handler runs in the thread in which 
> > > the main program loop runs, not the thread which called g_idle_add()/ 
> > > g_idle_add_full(), and that it runs at a time not of that calling 
> > > thread's choosing.

> > I don't quite understand this.  Don't all idle functions run in the 
> > main program loop thread?

> Yes.

Then I don't understand what you mean by "the idle handler runs in the 
thread in which the main program loop runs, not the thread which called 
g_idle_add()/g_idle_add_full()".

Maybe I don't know what idle "handler" is but isn't that a moot point 
since the idle function (handler?) always runs in the main program loop 
thread?

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