Re: stability issue (how to deal with asynchronous callbacks?)

["Ashwin Hirschi" <deery@...>]

> The Lua/SDL_mixer integration is having the following problem:
>
>    Lua runs happily, starts to play a tune  ..dam-dam..
>    Attaches a callback to get to the rhytm
>
>    Lua continues running..
> 	--> sdl_mixer gives a C callback -> sdl_mixer module -> Lua call
>
> Now, the callback probably happens in another thread, or otherwise
> asynchronously to the main loop, running the Lua stack.  How do we deal
> with this?

A start to a solution could be organising the way "Lua continues running".

If you're able to switch your current approach to one that runs in brief steps, you're (probably) pretty much nearly there. It certainly makes the (important!) synchronising bit that David mentions fairly trivial.

Then again, I haven't looked at your sdl_mixer code. So I'm not sure how feasible switching is in your situation...

Ashwin.
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