[Qt-interest] Eventloop started in a thread where an event loop isalready running

[Pritam Ghanghas]

On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 11:48 +0530, srikanth bemineni wrote:
> I read the documentation but it is still not clear
> 
> When application starts it has an event loop(initiated on the
> QApplication) running which we consider as a main event loop.If at all
> I create QEventloop object and call exec, according to the
> documentation it says that it creates a local event loop.Now please
> let me know which event loop is handling the events.
> 

The eventloop that was strarted last is handling all the events by
calling processEvent(). So, a local event will block your program
execution, apart from that you wont feel the difference.

> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Scott Aron Bloom
> <Scott.Bloom at onshorecs.com> wrote:
>         RTFM???
>         
>          
>         
>         http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/qeventloop.html#details
>         
>          
>         
>         Its pretty clear from the docs.. 
>         
>          
>         
>         From: qt-interest-bounces
>         +scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com
>         [mailto:qt-interest-bounces
>         +scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of srikanth
>         bemineni
>         Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 10:43 PM
>         To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
>         Subject: [Qt-interest] Eventloop started in a thread where an
>         event loop isalready running
>         
>         
>          
>         
>         Hi,
>         
>         What happens when we start a Eventloop by calling
>         QEventLoop::exec() where already a parent event loop is
>         running ?
>         
>         What happens to the events.? 
>         
>         Which Event loop will be handling the events.? The parent
>         event loop or the child(later) created event loop ?
>         
>         With regards
>         Srikanth
>         
>         
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