OK, thx for explanation.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Gergely Polonkai <gergely@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I must agree with Paul here. Try to look at the documentation like this:
>
> {The warning. Ignore it for now, but we will come back here soon}
>
> The usage. This is how you can and should use the function. It states the
> behaviour of the function for pre-2.24 and post-2.32 versions. You must
> consider all if you want to support users with different versions of GLib
> available.
>
> Now get back to the warning part.
>
> If you are maintaining legacy code, read it. For you, it means that this
> function call should be removed from your code on the long run.
>
> If you are writing new code, read it. For you, it means that you should not
> call this function, unless you want to support users with multiple versions
> of GLib.
>
> 2015-08-05 14:19 GMT+02:00 Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Igor Korot <ikorot01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Well the trouble is that documentation gives incorrect information:
>> > First it says function is deprecated and then gives an impression it's
>> > OK to use it.
>>
>> That's the impression you got. It isn't the impression I got.
>>
>> The documentation has to cover the following cases:
>>
>> * someone new to GTK/glib, writing new code
>> * someone new to GTK/glib, working on existing code that uses
>> g_thread_init
>> * someone with experience using GTK/glib and threads, writing new code
>> * someone with experience using GTK/glib and threads, working on
>> existing code that uses g_thread_init
>>
>> I think that the documentation covers all these cases reasonably well,
>> attempting to
>> make it clear that you should not use the function anymore, but if you
>> have existing code that calls it,
>> you should modify the way the function is called if you choose not to
>> remove it.
>>
>> It could be clearer, yes. But it isn't actually inconsistent.
>
>
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