dev/vala/live.gnome.org_tutorial/async_bg_thread_example.vala

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// Async method to run a slow calculation in a background thread.
// Build with: valac --thread --pkg=gio-2.0 example.vala
async double do_calc_in_bg(double val) throws ThreadError {
SourceFunc callback = do_calc_in_bg.callback;
double[] output = new double[1];
// Hold reference to closure to keep it from being freed whilst
// thread is active.
ThreadFunc<void*> run = () => {
// Perform a dummy slow calculation.
// (Insert real-life time-consuming algorithm here.)
double result = 0;
for (int a = 0; a<10000000; a++)
result += val * a;
// Pass back result and schedule callback
output[0] = result;
Idle.add((owned) callback);
return null;
};
Thread.create<void*>(run, false);
// Wait for background thread to schedule our callback
yield;
return output[0];
}
void main(string[] args) {
var loop = new MainLoop();
do_calc_in_bg.begin(0.001, (obj, res) => {
try {
double result = do_calc_in_bg.end(res);
stderr.printf(@"Result: $result\n");
} catch (ThreadError e) {
string msg = e.message;
stderr.printf(@"Thread error: $msg\n");
}
loop.quit();
});
loop.run();
}