John Obbele <john.obb...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Andy, > > On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 05:06:57PM +0800, Andy Stewart wrote: >> just need figure out why it can't work when disable "-thread" flag. > > Hum ... got some sleep and I've re-read the GHC documentation on > [0]. They say "It is a common misconception that you need to use > forkOS instead of forkIO to avoid blocking all the Haskell > threads when making a foreign call; this isn't the case. To allow > foreign calls to be made without blocking all the Haskell threads > (with GHC), it is only necessary to use the -threaded option when > linking your program, and to make sure the foreign import is not > marked unsafe." > > [0]: > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.12.2/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.1/Control-Concurrent.html#v%3AforkOS > > Does that mean calling `mainGUI` in a program build without > '-threaded' blocks all the GHC runtime threads, including the > garbage collector ? Hmm, it sounds like a reasonable explanation. Pixbuf's counter unref correctly, only explanation is GC no chance to run without '-threaded' flags.
John, can you bulid new patch that replace all GObject with no floating reference (not just Pixbuf) with your wrapNewGObject? Then i can apply it. Thanks for your great job! :) -- Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Gtk2hs-devel mailing list Gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk2hs-devel
