Re: examples/thread_usage.pl

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Sunday, January 11, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Ross McFarland wrote:

> have a look. comments/questions/problems let me know.

ok...  you use an idle at default priority to update the gui thread's 
status; in reality, that's very much overkill, unless you need your 
threads to be very very tightly synchronized.  this will leave the main 
thread nearly pegging the processor.

the two easiest options:  give the idle a lower priority (which is a 
higher number), or use a timeout instead.

in my experience, a timeout at between 100 to 250 milliseconds is quite 
sufficient for things that merely update a display, because, after all, 
we humans can't read it if it's not there long enough.

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