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Re: Moving hooke callback to thread - suggestions? (was:Hooks, once again)

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From: Anders Johansen
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 16:13

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Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote:
>Anders Johansen wrote:
>
>>The problem is however that if you include this code in a program that blocks the message processing loop
>> (say, by doing while (true) {};)
>
>Don't do that!
>Never put that kind of code in the main thread.

Well, sure :D

But the problem is not a deadlock - it is cases where you 
might be doing things that block the message loop temporarily,
such as playing a WAV file without using asynchronous dispatch
of sound. This would make the mouse jitter.

>>This is why I expect that moving the event processing etc. 
>> to another thread is a Good Idea.
>
>No, moving blocking code to another thread is a Good Idea.

Yes, if you can find it :D

A

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