On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:45:15 +0000 Tom Hacohen <t...@stosb.com> said:
> Yes, I already told him that on IRC. The cost of caching is most likely > higher than the cost of calculating every time, and anyway, it's rare for > an object to need to have information about the mainloop, adding a cache on > every object is a bad idea, calculating on creation is the way to go. you mean on parent_set (not on creation) and do this for every object that has to know about loop (timers, fd handlers, etc. etc.)? > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Cedric BAIL <cedric.b...@free.fr> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > > wrote: > > > we were discussing this and i don't remember an adequate solution. > > > > > > so we're needing to allow multiple event loops (main loop). > > > > > > ok = first loop created == main loop. fine. store that in a global. > > > > > > but after this... what loop does an object belong to? ok - timers: > > > > > > create timer. set parent to the loop it belongs to. that works. simple. > > what > > > about more complex things? a whole widget tree with some edje or button > > object > > > deep down. their parent != loop. sure you can walk the tree to a toplevel > > > window and window has to belong to a loop. > > > > > > i remember tls being discussed. we store a loop created in the tls for > > the > > > thread. this requires that all objects be created in the thread they > > belong to. > > > they all just get their loop from the tls storage. > > > > > > was this the solution? then that is the limitation - must create in the > > thread > > > you belong to. that's not a great limitation... unless we can "fix it" > > eg by > > > creating in one place and transferring to another loop. how? what api? it > > > likely has to be universal or almost (an iface every object that needs a > > loop > > > would inherit?) > > > > > > basically -> i don't remember a nice solution to this. did we have one? > > > > We concluded it wasn't a problem as only at object creation it would > > likely need to cache that information. So overriding eo_parent_set + > > walking the tree of the new parent to find the mainloop seem to be a > > sufficiently efficient way to do it and if not we can always add a > > special function later to get the main loop on object type where it > > matters. > > -- > > Cedric BAIL > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
