[SDL] SDL 1.3 roadmap...

[Ross Smith]

Torsten Giebl wrote:
> Hello !
> 
> 
>> 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?
> 
> The reason for this was always named that most
> OSes only support event handling and drawing
> from the main thread.
> 
> For which OS is this true and for which false ?

It certainly isn't true on Windows or Linux. I don't have much 
experience with Mac programming but I'm pretty sure it isn't true there 
either.

-- Ross Smith