Re: Infinite Loop with Glib::IO->add_watch()

["A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis gmx de>]

* Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz> [2004-09-11 11:35]:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 10:51:02 -0700, Mike Schilli wrote:
> > the notion
> >
> >      Gtk2::Helper->add_watch(fileno(READHANDLE), 'in', \&callback);
> >
> > instead of
> >
> >      Glib::IO->add_watch(fileno(\*READHANDLE), 'in', \&callback);
> >
> > Are these equivalent or do you prefer one or the other?
>
> Don't ask others what they prefer. Ask yourself what you
> prefer.  Operationaly, they are completely equivalent.

Actually, they're not.  Gtk2::Helper registers the callback for
G_IO_HUP so it will receive EOF / pipe close events in addition
to the events when data is available.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle
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