[SDL] SDL 1.3 roadmap...

Ross Smith r-smith at ihug.co.nz
Tue Oct 9 23:14:29 PDT 2007


One thing I'd like to know about SDL 1.3: Is it going to finally remove 
the restriction that SDL functions can only be called from the main 
thread? SDL's strong orientation to an old-fashioned, single-threaded, 
event-driven architecture is the reason I'm currently investigating 
alternative libraries. It's just getting more and more painful trying to 
reconcile SDL with a heavily multithreaded application.

I could live with restricting all SDL calls to a single thread if I had 
to, if only it didn't have to be the main thread. Is there any prospect 
of some relief on the horizon?

-- Ross Smith


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