Re: Additional glib function thoughts.
- From: Eric Lemings <eric b lemings lmco com>
- To: gtk-devel-list redhat com
- Subject: Re: Additional glib function thoughts.
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 15:19:30 -0600
David Wheeler wrote:
>
> I have a few thoughts on new glib functionality:
>
> 1. There needs to be more control over out-of-memory (OOM) situations.
> The docs say "If any call to allocate memory fails,
> the application is terminated." This is terrible; sometimes an application
> will want more control over out-of-memory (e.g., try something else,
> drop that request but continue processing, undo some actions, etc.),
> and language binding implementors may need one to handle OOM correctly.
> At the least, a way to "hook" in a function to be called on OOM situation
> (like C++) would be something. Has anyone tried this? Suggestions?
I think was resolved a few months ago with agreement (?) to add an
out-of-memory handler function.
Eric.
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