[Live-devel] FAQ #13 - exiting doEventLoop()

[Ross Finlayson]

>   I want to make return the doEventLoop() of a BasicTaskScheduler. I
>implemented the solution exposed in FAQ #13, it works and I could stay
>with it.
>
>My objection is for the need of a continuous run of the dummyTask(). Why
>could not it be invoked right after the watch variable setting? I made
>some tests but the thing does not work. What am I missing?

What you're missing is that the watch variable is set from a separate 
thread from the thread that runs the "LIVE555" event loop.  Because 
of this, you absolutely cannot call event loop functions from this 
separate thread; the only thing you can safely do is set the shared 
watch variable.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/