---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Luca Dionisi <luca.dion...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [Vala] Question about a basic coroutine example To: Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi.t...@ubd.edu.bn>
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi.t...@ubd.edu.bn> wrote: > >> Once again, if you really need a cooperative multitasking in your app >> (which by the way is not bad, unlike the cooperative multitasking in >> the entire operating system that was m$ windows 3.11) you should >> consider to give a try to GNU Pth. Otherwise, use threads. > > Can you elaborate on the features that make GNU Pth > preferable to using async (or perhaps glib thread). > My impression is that GNU Pth is simply a portable > implementation of thread. > Coroutines and threads are different. Look at the manual for a good introduction. http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/pth-manual.html As for vala async support, I tried using it. When you have a more-than-banal scenario it's a mess. Especially if you want to implement a custom scheduler. Say you want to be able to pass the schedule to a specific task (such as for a generator). Async support in vala is just not meant to provide generic support for coroutines. _______________________________________________ vala-list mailing list vala-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
