[Gtk-sharp-list] Gtk# threading problem?

[Bob Smith]

If you create a few threads that try to access gtk at the same time, it
could crash the app. If you can crash an app like that, couldnt you
control it in such a way that could be dangerious? Buffer over runs and
such.

On 9 Oct 2002, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> Bob,
>
> > Isnt this extremely dangerious from the standpoint of running applications
> > securely? If any old app can just spawn off a few threads and call into
> > gtk# at once, we're in trouble. :)
> >
> > While I like the idea of doing this in C, since we're worried about
> > performance there, the .NET bindings should take care of this stuff so
> > that we can have a secure environment.
>
> I have no idea what you are talking about Bob.
>
> Miguel
>
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