Posted by Joachim Geidel on Jan 05, 2011; 6:54pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Alien-and-callbacks-from-foreign-threads-tp3175989p3176173.html

Eliot Miranda-2 wrote

That current version of Alien does /not/ support callbacks from foreign
threads.

Aah, that explains a lot. ;-)

Eliot Miranda-2 wrote

I have a prototype that does support callbacks from foreign
threasds and supports non-blocking callouts on arbitrary threads.
...
Are you interested in working with this prototype code?  Pleaze let me know
either way.   I haven't sought permission to release this code yet but I
would very much like to.  I think there's value to Teleplace in my releasing
it before we release it internally because it needs pounding on to bring up
to production quality.  If there's significant interest in this code I'll
ask for permission to release it and see where we go from there.

I'm not sure how many people will actually use JNIPort in Pharo or Squeak and need callbacks. Yes, I am interested, but given the small amount of time I have available for JNIPort, it may take some time until I can do something with your prototype. Also, JNIPort is currently just a hobby, and I will not use it in any kind of production software myself. I'm not sure if this qualifies as significant interest. ;-)

Thanks!
Joachim