[PD-dev] thread safety

[Miller Puckette]

This is unsafe unless you obtain the "pd lock" (by calling sys_lock() and 
sys_unlock()) around the whole block of code or else around each individual 
binbuf call.

cheers
Miller

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:14:49AM +0200, Torsten Curdt wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> I just would like to confirm.
> 
> We are using this bit of code to talk to PD:
> 
>     t_binbuf *b = binbuf_new();
>     binbuf_text(b, msg, strlen(msg));
>     binbuf_eval(b, 0, 0, 0);
>     binbuf_free(b);
> 
> Question is whether that is safe to use from another thread or not.
> It seems like it is not.
> 
> Can anyone confirm?
> 
> cheers
> --
> Torsten
> 
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