[Interest] Calling QT Class method from pthread thread
Thiago Macieira
thiago.macieira at intel.com
Wed Oct 4 20:04:06 CEST 2017
On Wednesday, 4 October 2017 09:30:46 PDT Thiago Macieira wrote:
> It would have, if you hadn't explicitly cast the difference away. A lot of
> Glib-using code does that because of GCallback and G_CALLBACK.
>
> Avoid those like the plague, except for functions that really take no
> arguments and return void. Any other use is flawed by design.
In other words, the only place you should use G_CALLBACK is where you don't
need to use it. If your code compiles without G_CALLBACK, it is correct. If
you needed G_CALLBACK, then you might have hid a problem from the compiler.
In other words, anywhere where you need G_CALLBACK is a flawed design.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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