Re: [liblo] lo_server_thread_del_method question

Hi Camille,

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Camille Troillard
<ca...@os...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if it is thread safe to call
> lo_server_thread_del_method.
> I guess from the name of the method that I can safely call it and delete a
> method while liblo is processing incoming OSC, right?
>
> If the answer is no, do you folks have suggestions about how to delete all
> methods in a server without stopping and restarting the server?
> My goal is to switch a context of methods with the fewest overhead possible.

I believe that right now, manipulating methods is not actually thread
safe, in that there are no locks around the operation.
The quickest safe way to delete methods, I think, is to do it inside a
message handler, therefore in the same thread that is checking for new
messages.

Is that possible for you?
I can see some situations where external events want to add and delete
methods, but it's probably not ideal for you to have external threads
wanting to manipulate the server_thread.  Any one else have thoughts
on this?

Steve