[PD] problem making an audio-thread-safe external

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote:

> Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
>> 	iret1 = pthread_create( &thread, NULL, cwiid_pthread2_setRumble,
>> (void*) &rPars);
> This creates a new thread.
>> 	pthread_join(thread, NULL);
> This waits (blocking Pd's main thread) until the new thread terminates.
> So, why create a new thread only to immediately wait for it to terminate - 
> that makes the program essentially behave in a single threaded way.

But if ever there's any way that this gets to run in a multithreaded way, 
then the post() in cwiid_pthread2_setRumble will violate the 
singlethreadedness of <m_pd.h> because sys_lock() is not being used.

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