On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 07:45:02 -0200 Cris <ternaryd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to have the main loop react upon a message becoming > available from a different thread on an asynchronous queue? > > I'm having a main loop which is somewhat time critical, and a thread > which is dedicated to tasks which can take longer and have often a > lesser priority. I chose to use threads over forks because complex > data sets need to be exchanged between the two. Is there some other > method I could use instead of asynchronous queues? g_idle_add(), or g_idle_add_full(), are intended for use for message passing to the event loop of the main program thread. They are thread safe. Chris _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
