Re: Concurrency (was: Re: Re: events & callbacks)

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:02:41PM +0100, Nick Name wrote:
> >  Once we have OS threads, attaching something to the idle handler of
> >  (Gtk's) event loop is not necessary anymore since the Haskell RTS
> >  will continue to run. But every call to Gtk (or whatever library)
> >  will be channeled through this one thread. Is this a restriction?
> 
> I hope not. Communication primitives are to be used sometimes :) But I
> am btw no expert on the subject, it's just an impression.
> 
> Maybe the CGA could do this channeling itself? Would it be an headache
> in your opinion? Tests can already be done, since it's possible to
> compile GHC with -threaded-RTS or something like that.
I just replied to Wolfgang asking what threadsafe means in C calls. As far 
as the rumors in my head are concerned the "channelling" you mention is 
then done by the FFI.

Axel.