orbit-python-list

[Orbit-python-list] more mainloop woes

[Brian C. <bc...@th...>]

errrrr..... Does orbit-python also hammer the python main loop? After orb.run()
everything comes to a halt -- threads don't run, timers don't execute.

b.c.

Re: [Orbit-python-list] more mainloop woes

[Christian R. R. <ki...@as...>]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Brian Craft wrote:

> errrrr..... Does orbit-python also hammer the python main loop? After orb.run()
> everything comes to a halt -- threads don't run, timers don't execute.

Python's global interpreter lock works that way: orb.run() is atomic, and
signals aren't handled, etc. IIRC it's been said that the GTK mainloop
uses a set of hacks to get things working, but I may be wrong. Tack is an
authority on this, and if you search the ML archives, you'll see me asking
the same questions.

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