[Python-Dev] Threading in the Standard Library Tour Part II

[Bob Ippolito]

On Aug 15, 2004, at 11:59 PM, Aahz wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 15, 2004, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>
>> Many platform GUIs require that all or most all GUI activities be
>> consolidated to one and only one thread.  I don't think any of them
>> 'care' if another thread is also running, but it can't communicate
>> directly with the GUI.
>
> That's true, but it also applies to other external resources, such as
> files.

Maybe I don't understand what you're saying.. but I don't know any 
platform that forces you to work with files from one and only one 
specific thread.  But I definitely do know at least one platform where 
you may only perform most GUI operations from the main thread of 
execution.

-bob