On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:44:53 +0100 Chris Gordon-Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > My question is: Could I have avoided use of Glib::Thread altogether, > and just used std::thread?
You can use C++11 threads fine with glib/glibmm, because the C++ standard library will almost certainly use the native threading implementation underneath (pthreads or windows threads) - that is expected by std::thread::native_handle() - but even if it doesn't, it will use the same kernel primitives. However, to do anything meaningful with your program you will probably have to communicate with the thread running the GTK+ gui from time to time. If you are going to avoid using the GDK global lock, which is much to be desired, then you will end up using Glib::Dispatcher, and so glibmm. You will also need to make glib thread safe by a call to Glib::Thread::init(), although this requirement will disappear once glib-2.32 comes out. This is touched upon by the draft documentation at the end of this now very lengthy bug report at on glibmm/gtkmm threading at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512348 , which might give you some tips, but has become becalmed by a lack of interest. Chris _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list
