[glib] Mention thread API changes in README
- From: Ryan Lortie <ryanl src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib] Mention thread API changes in README
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:52:45 +0000 (UTC)
commit a6da2b9ff91f0b8782a243e342e17a0ace415c11
Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt desrt ca>
Date: Fri Oct 14 21:52:36 2011 -0400
Mention thread API changes in README
README.in | 13 +++++++++++--
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/README.in b/README.in
index beeefed..b85a6e9 100644
--- a/README.in
+++ b/README.in
@@ -28,7 +28,17 @@ Notes about GLib 2.32
=====================
* It is no longer necessary to use g_thread_init() or to link against
- libgthread. libglib is now always thread-enabled.
+ libgthread. libglib is now always thread-enabled. Custom thread
+ system implementations are no longer supported (including errorcheck
+ mutexes).
+
+* The thread and synchronisation APIs have been updated.
+ GMutex and GCond can be statically allocated without explicit
+ initialisation, as can new types GRWLock and GRecMutex. The
+ GStatic_______ variants of these types have been deprecated. GPrivate
+ can also be statically allocated and has a nicer API (deprecating
+ GStaticPrivate). Finally, g_thread_create() has been replaced with a
+ substantially simplified g_thread_new().
* The g_once_init_enter()/_leave() functions have been replaced with
macros that allow for a pointer to any gsize-sized object, not just a
@@ -38,7 +48,6 @@ Notes about GLib 2.32
* It is now mandatory to include glib.h instead of individual headers.
-
Notes about GLib 2.30
=====================
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