Re: g_main_depth()

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 04:46, Tim Janik wrote:

> - g_static_private_set (&depth_private, depth_pointer, g_free);
>   wondering, is there really a scenariop where the location
>   could ever be freed?

Thread exit.

> - the reentrancy scenario:
>   * There is a temptation to use g_main_depth() to solve
>   * problems with reentrancy. For instance, while waiting for data
>   * to be received from the network in response to a menu item,
>   * the menu item might be selected again. It might seem that
>   * one could write:
>   *
>   *   if (g_main_depth () > 1)
>   *     return;
>   it's not entirely clear to me what you mean here, i.e. where
>   if (g_main_depth () > 1) return; would be inserted. so the docu
>   should be improved a bit to explain the scenario better.

OK, I changed it to 

   [...] For instance, while waiting for data
 * to be received from the network in response to a menu item,
 * the menu item might be selected again. It might seem that
 * one could make the menu item's callback return immediately
 * and do nothing if g_main_depth() returns a value greater than 1.
 * However, this should be avoided since the user then sees selecting
 * the menu item do nothing. [...]

Regards,
						Owen