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| author | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2013-08-18 18:13:02 -0400 |
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| committer | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2013-08-18 18:13:02 -0400 |
| commit | 635196b1ffc5e810431b5746d52138d2c3bcb1db (patch) | |
| tree | b237c296048d3188b221993be2381d17cd343db0 /glib/gthread.c | |
| parent | 3c040f8534d87782d2ffefd88dfe87cd00393271 (diff) | |
| download | glib-635196b1ffc5e810431b5746d52138d2c3bcb1db.tar.gz | |
Expand docs for thread names
Thread names may be NULL, and don't have to be unique.
The docs should tell you that.
Diffstat (limited to 'glib/gthread.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | glib/gthread.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/glib/gthread.c b/glib/gthread.c index c27bca688..c4114aa92 100644 --- a/glib/gthread.c +++ b/glib/gthread.c @@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ g_thread_proxy (gpointer data) /** * g_thread_new: - * @name: a name for the new thread + * @name: (allow-none): an (optional) name for the new thread * @func: a function to execute in the new thread * @data: an argument to supply to the new thread * @@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ g_thread_proxy (gpointer data) * with g_thread_join(). * * The @name can be useful for discriminating threads in a debugger. + * It is not used for other purposes and does not have to be unique. * Some systems restrict the length of @name to 16 bytes. * * If the thread can not be created the program aborts. See @@ -843,7 +844,7 @@ g_thread_new (const gchar *name, /** * g_thread_try_new: - * @name: a name for the new thread + * @name: (allow-none): an (optional) name for the new thread * @func: a function to execute in the new thread * @data: an argument to supply to the new thread * @error: return location for error, or %NULL |