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

[Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 18:14:52 +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * 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.

Oops. I was confused by the difference between READHANDLE and
\*READHANDLE and didn't realize the difference between Helper and IO.
Sorry.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>

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