Re: [AL] mouse problems.

[aj <aj...@oi...>]

At 11:15 AM 28/02/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> > are callbacks from different threads than the main allegro thread ?
> > does this mean i should be treating callbacks as if they where from other
> > threads.. ie locking data that they use with critical sections ?
>
>Regular Allegro callbacks are called from different threads than the primary
>thread (and there is no proper synchronization mechanism in 4.0.0), so they
>shouldn't do anything more complicated than setting some flags. I don't know
>how your Win32 drag-n-drop callback works, but I suspect it is called from
>the window thread, which would make it subject to the same provisions as
>those of regular Allegro callbacks.


my small bowl of noodles (code) has just become a large bowl of 
spagetti...(code+lib).

it might be time to abandon allegro :(

aj.