>I agree that IUP should not be the solution to every problem. But in >this case, I strongly argue that it is the correct solution because >IUP itself already took over responsibility for the event loop. (The >moment IupMainLoop() or IupLoopStep() were created, that ship sailed.)
IUP is an event based model so the message based model of Windows is the only ship that has sailed here. I want the IUP model to stay just the way it is because the IUP model is superior to the Windows one. Just try and find a different third party solution, say like incorporating ØMQ, which can do everything you want and much, much, much more. >IUP wrapped native GUIs and by that fact, it also is responsbile for >dealing with the platform idiosyncrasies they demand for their event >loops (in this case, multithreading rules). You are correct that IUP only wraps the GUI and the last time I looked multithreading was not a GUI problem. Multithreading (a kernel issue) is outside the scope of what IUP is supposed to do (GUI wrapper) and that means what you are discussing is not a problem for IUP to solve. And just so we are clear here, the C-Runtime is also outside the scope of what a GUI wrapper is supposed to do, so incorporating a cross-platform pseudo-PostMessage would be EXACTLY like incorporting a cross-platform C-runtime. >This proposal is a tiny patch to IUP, one that nobody except the >implementors will notice. It does not break current behavior or create >any trade offs. But it solves real problems deal with the fact that >the real world uses threads, even inside the native platforms. If you >don't have this problem, then it doesn't matter because this change >won't affect you. Don't try to brush me off like that because it won't work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Iup-users mailing list Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users
