NSThread uses dispatch threads on newer versions of OS X - 10.6 and higher IIRC...
Sent from my iPad On Jun 2, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Ian MacArthur <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1 Jun 2012, at 22:59, Greg Ercolano wrote: > >> On 06/01/12 14:33, Ian MacArthur wrote: >>> >>> I was under the impression that it would play fine with pthreads, >>> if you made at least one (possibly dummy) NSThread first, just to >>> "wake up" the thread safe mechanisms >> >> Yes, that is true and is one of the two approaches >> we can use. The STR goes into the details. >> >> I was thinking the 'correct' approach would be to use >> Apple's native NSThread library in our Fl_cocoa.mm code. >> >> But if that turns out to be bumpy, the approach you mention >> is surely the easier of the two to implement. >> >> One reason that might be necessary; the code uses pthread_join() >> which might not have an NSThread equivalent. >> >> Here's the thread features the add_fd() code currently uses >> on the mac (cocoa and carbon): >> >> mutex lock/unlock >> pthread_create >> pthread_cancel >> pthread_join >> >> The thread cancel stuff is used by the destructor code >> to ensure any child thread started is stopped. 'join' >> is used to wait for completion. > > Yup - that would be my worry though; we need to join so we can wait for the > worker thread expiring... But will that play well mixing pthreads and > NSThread's...? I just don't know (though on OSX it is entirely possible the > NSThread and pthread have a common underlying implementation of course, I > guess... > > >> >> This can perhaps be done differently with NSThread, >> but sometimes it's better to change less code than to >> be 'native'. >> >> Wasn't sure on this, which is why I seek Manolo's input, >> as he's probably the most familiar with the NSThread stuff. > > Seems like a sound idea! > > Cheers, > -- > Ian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > fltk-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk-dev _______________________________________________ fltk-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk-dev
