Re: [Vala] [Announcement] Vala will use GTask for async code instead of GSimpleAsyncResult if --target-glib=2.36 or greater is selected

[michele dionisio gmail com]

The problem is not gtask but how vala generate the c code to manage yield.
In this moment yield need that the control go back to the mainloop almost one time. 

Il mer nov 23 02:41:14 2016 GMT+0100, Nor Jaidi Tuah scrive:
> > 1. Treat it as a documentation bug and make it clear async code
> > requires a GMainContext and to be used asynchronously to work
> > reliably in all cases
>
> Totally confused here. I checked gtask.c and apparently
> it is designed to handle synchronous task too.
>
>  * SECTION:gtask
>  * @short_description: Cancellable synchronous or asynchronous task
>  *     and result
>
> Here I'm not objecting to option 1. After all, using async
> for sync is dubious. I'm just confused why gtask cannot be
> used for sync task when its own description specifically
> indicates that possibility.
>
> Nice day
> Nor Jaidi Tuah
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