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authornecoro <>2006-09-15 21:10:36 +0000
committernecoro <>2006-09-15 21:10:36 +0000
commitc09fc0d1e73bb80f74fed99aaeba0238f7e1dff5 (patch)
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Added Thread-Module and made the "refresh" working
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+/*
+ * This is a python module implementing real threads.
+ */
+#include <Python.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+/**
+ * Callback for the thread. Just calls the argument's python function.
+ */
+static void * thread_cb (void * arg)
+{
+ PyObject * arglist;
+
+ arglist = Py_BuildValue("()",NULL);
+ PyEval_CallObject((PyObject*)arg, arglist);
+ Py_DECREF(arglist);
+ Py_DECREF((PyObject*)arg);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Function called from the python application.
+ */
+static PyObject * thread_start (PyObject * self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ PyObject *temp;
+ pthread_t ID;
+
+ if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O:thread_start", &temp)) // get argument
+ {
+ if (!PyCallable_Check(temp)) // not callable
+ {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "parameter must be callable");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ Py_INCREF(temp); /* Add a reference to new callback */
+ int status = pthread_create(&ID, NULL, thread_cb, (void*) temp);
+ if (status)
+ {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "error during thread start");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef ThreadMethods[] = {
+ {"thread_start", thread_start, METH_VARARGS,
+ "Start a new thread."},
+ {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL} /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Init function.
+ */
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initgeneticthread(void)
+{
+ (void) Py_InitModule("geneticthread", ThreadMethods);
+}