Re: threads/asynchronous I/O

"Josh Bronson" <[email protected]> writes:

> Is there a way to write thread-safe applications using CLG? for example:
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk/gdk-Threads.html
> These functions don't seem to be bound anywhere in CLG.

I have been trying to get clg working with multi-threading, but without
success so far. It seems to be working for a short time and then lock
up. But I have included a patch that you may try to see if you have
better luck than me. Use gtk:clg-init-with-threading for initialization
and gdk:with-global-lock around any gtk call except in signal handlers.

> Asynchronous I/O support would also be handy; is it possible to do
> that instead?

The way to do this in CMUCL and SBCL is to use the SERVE-EVENT mechanism
(http://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/doc/cmu-user/serve-event.html). This
is what clg uses for asynchronous event handling.

-- 
Espen


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