Re: multithreaded callbacks (was Re: [AD] de fourium pointium ohium)

[Stepan Roh <stepan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Peter Wang wrote:
> > Ok.  The alternatives presented in that thread were:
> >
> > (0) pause the main thread when timer (etc.) callbacks are running
> >
> > (1) introduce a minimal synchronisation API for timers.  Either:
> >
> >     (a) the user is in charge of creating, locking, unlocking, and
> >     destroying mutexes;
>
> I barely understand thread programming, but could 0 and 1a be mixed and
> chosen by the Allegro program? I mean, 0 could be the default, like some
> kind of aditional parameter of install_allegro, providing that default
> DOS-like compatibility everywhere, and if the program requests it, option
> 1a would be used.

This is certainly the best solution.

Have a nice day.

Stepan Roh