Re: GLib plans for next cycle

[Kevin Fox <Kevin Fox pnnl gov>]

On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 12:17 -0700, David Zeuthen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Ryan Lortie <desrt desrt ca> wrote:
> >> >  - glib_get_worker_context()
> >>
> >> s/glib/g/ ? glib_* sounds like it's for glib-internal-only use, which I
> >> don't see any reason for. It's definitely useful outside of glib.
> >
> > My original intention is that it *would* be glib-private (like
> > glib_gettext() for example).  It's true that other libraries could find
> > it useful, though -- dconf would certainly put itself on this list.  I'm
> > just slightly worried about this thread becoming contaminated (think:
> > mainloop blocking) through use by poorly written libraries.
> 
> That's my concern too. In fact, for reasons like this, I'm not happy
> about on having GDBus use it unless someone can demonstrate
> significant savings - and, honestly, in these days where the CPUs
> worth targeting with GLib are all multi-core, putting all of our crap
> in a single worker thread is probably a performance hit (but I doubt
> it's measurable).

Maybe the time to discuss pulling in an api something like Grand Central
Dispatch has arrived? :)

Kevin

> 
>     David
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