Re: kaa.metadata starts kaa main loop?

On 09.08.2010 21:10, Jason Tackaberry wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 20:17 +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote:
>> It is needed for a clean mainloop shutdown
> 
> Why?
> 
> My best guess is that you're trying to handle the case where the app
> calls sys.exit() to exit, but if they're a kaa app they should be using
> kaa.main.stop() and if they're a twisted app they should be using
> reactor.stop() or whatever.
> 
> Is there some other case that this hook is needed for?

The kaa mainloop may run in a thread with QT or twisted being the main
app. In that case we need a clean shutdown outside kaa. This is what I
remeber, it has been a long time since I wrote it. :)

Dischi

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