X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/57ab6f2314860f6efd2d1339913c91a302020a8e..0a7ee6e0f400f0d10b158bc0396be22f59d6ad8f:/interface/wx/thread.h diff --git a/interface/wx/thread.h b/interface/wx/thread.h index e8c5545142..56d79333cc 100644 --- a/interface/wx/thread.h +++ b/interface/wx/thread.h @@ -584,6 +584,14 @@ public: */ void Enter(); + /** + Try to enter the critical section (same as trying to lock a mutex). + If it can't, immediately returns false. + + @since 2.9.3 + */ + bool TryEnter(); + /** Leave the critical section allowing other threads use the global data protected by it. There is no error return for this function. @@ -700,7 +708,7 @@ enum modeled after the POSIX thread API. This is different from the Win32 API where all threads are joinable. - By default wxThreads in wxWidgets use the @b detached behavior. + By default wxThreads in wxWidgets use the @b detached behaviour. Detached threads delete themselves once they have completed, either by themselves when they complete processing or through a call to Delete(), and thus @b must be created on the heap (through the new operator, for example). @@ -957,10 +965,10 @@ enum A common problem users experience with wxThread is that in their main thread they will check the thread every now and then to see if it has ended through IsRunning(), only to find that their application has run into problems - because the thread is using the default behavior (i.e. it's @b detached) and + because the thread is using the default behaviour (i.e. it's @b detached) and has already deleted itself. Naturally, they instead attempt to use joinable threads in place of the previous - behavior. However, polling a wxThread for when it has ended is in general a + behaviour. However, polling a wxThread for when it has ended is in general a bad idea - in fact calling a routine on any running wxThread should be avoided if possible. Instead, find a way to notify yourself when the thread has ended.