Once we have OS threads, attaching something to the idle handler of (Gtk's) event loop is not necessary anymore since the Haskell RTS will continue to run. But every call to Gtk (or whatever library) will be channeled through this one thread. Is this a restriction?
I hope not. Communication primitives are to be used sometimes :) But I am btw no expert on the subject, it's just an impression.
Maybe the CGA could do this channeling itself? Would it be an headache in your opinion? Tests can already be done, since it's possible to compile GHC with -threaded-RTS or something like that. I just replied to Wolfgang asking what threadsafe means in C calls. As far as the rumors in my head are concerned the "channelling" you mention is
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:02:41PM +0100, Nick Name wrote: then done by the FFI. Axel.