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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Multithreaded application development
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-06-17 1:04:10
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#if Aurelien Gateau
> Hi !
> 
> I'm writting a KDE application which could really benefit using threads. I 
> wanted to use Qt-mt, but I read that it was not possible since KDE currently 
> doesn't link against Qt-mt. I would like to avoid using OS specific thread 
> libraries, so I ended up using the "QTimer::start(0,false)" trick to get my 
> job done in the background, but it's not that efficient and the GUI doesn't 
> response very quickly.
> I would like to now what is the current politic regarding threads in KDE 
> applications ?

If we decide that we will use qt-mt, we will start from when we next
break binary compatibility. That will probably be when we start using
Qt 3.

Whether we actually _want_ to switch to qt-mt is still open for debate.
There are advantages and disadvantages, of course.

Rik


 
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