[Mono-list] GUI, threads, etc...

[Jonathan Pryor]

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On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 18:43, Moritz Angermann wrote:
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> btw: does mono have something like fork( ) or are Threads for this
> purpose adequate use?

A *direct* equivalent to fork(2)?  No.  The nearest equivalent is
System.Diagnostics.Process, which is a fork(2)/exec(3) equivalent.

(Minor side question: what would happen if you P/Invoked out to fork(2)
in libc.so?  Is it safe for managed apps to do that?)

I don't think fork(2) would be useful for automatically updating a
TreeView, as you'd be creating a new process, duplicating the entire
address space (*including* the TreeView, and everything else), and
preventing the child process from modifying the TreeView of the parent
process (as it's in a different address space).

So threads are probably what you want anyway, unless I'm
misunderstanding what you're asking.

 - Jon