As Thomas said, this will work for sure, though, and doesn't require any
manual setup, and you don't need to do funny business with CGO.
func main() {
go doAllYourOtherStuff()
blockOnDarwinEventLoop()
}
Done.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 1:44 PM Akhil Indurti <aindu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to mirror (or control) the event loop inside the main goroutine.
> The main goroutine should be the one to block for events. Plus, as long as
> it's safe, it doesn't seem needlessly complex to me.
>
> On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 4:38:27 PM UTC-4, Thomas Bushnell, BSG
> wrote:
>>
>> That seems needlessly complex. Why not just skip the weird init, and just
>> have main do a go to the thing you want to be not on the main thread, and
>> let the main thread do its thing?
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:19 PM Akhil Indurti <aind...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I want to run the main goroutine on another thread besides the main
>>> thread, so that the main thread can block in darwin UI code. Is this a safe
>>> way to do it?
>>>
>>> package main
>>>
>>> /*
>>> #include <pthread.h>
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>
>>> void block() {
>>> printf("Blocking main thread? %d\n", pthread_main_np());
>>> while(1);
>>> }
>>> */
>>> import "C"
>>> import (
>>> "fmt"
>>> "runtime"
>>> )
>>>
>>> func init() {
>>> runtime.LockOSThread()
>>> go main()
>>> C.block()
>>> }
>>>
>>> func main() {
>>> fmt.Println("Blocking main goroutine?", C.pthread_main_np())
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> This prints out the following:
>>>
>>> $ go run threadtrick.go
>>> Blocking main thread? 1
>>> Blocking main goroutine? 0
>>>
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