[Xcb] xcb_event_loop renaming

[Ian Osgood]

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On Jan 28, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Jamey Sharp wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 09:22:14AM -0800, Barton C Massey wrote:
>> I think all this callback-based stuff should just be ripped
>> out, though, so I'm the wrong guy to ask :-).  This kind of
>> problem is exactly why we made XCB thread-transparent.
>
> I only implemented the callback interfaces (util/event and util/reply)
> because people keep asking for them and I wanted to demonstrate  
> that XCB
> doesn't need new API to support them. I agree that they're a bad idea.
>
> Jamey

However, callback based event handling seems to be the norm. If we  
think it is the wrong way to do things, it behooves us to demonstrate  
the One True Way (the Way of the Many Paths?) to handle events.

This sounds like a migration path that is as important to think about  
as Xlib -> XCB. Maybe a good subject for a conference talk.

Ian
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