Re: [Discuss] Make a thinner Glib/GTK+ to fit tiny device better

[Christian Hergert <christian hergert me>]

On 10/15/2015 07:19 AM, cee1 wrote:
> > From GStreamer point of view, the main problem as it was explained to
> > > me, is the global locks, creating contention (GStreamer is highly multi
> > > -threaded). It's also a base type reserved for very specific use cases
> > > (where a lot of that type need to be allocated, GstBuffer, GstEvent,
> > > etc.). I'm not sure it make much sense generically. Specially that you
> > > loose most of the feature of an object, properties, interface, signal,
> > > etc.
>
> Such mini objects may also play a role in GTK+, I guess...

Almost certainly not. Gtk uses properties and signals heavily, and is
dominated by single threaded operations. Basically the complete opposite
of why GstMiniObject was created.

-- Christian