Re: Building multiple backends on on same system

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 12/06/10 13:46, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 12:53 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
>> On 12/05/10 17:14, Alexander Larsson wrote:
>>> Then we add a GdkBackend type that each backend implements. This is a
>>> singleton created at init to hang global stuff off. Its also useful for
>>> backend specific code.
>>
>> Would it be possible to allow multiple backends at runtime?  Imagine, moving
>> your app currently running on your desktop to running on broadway without
>> restarting it...
> 
> I think it will be kinda hard. It will require passing a GdkBackend to
> all global gdk functions, which is a huge API break.

Or have a push/pop gdk_backend...

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