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Subject: Re: I am fed up with Python GUI toolkits...
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On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 11:59 +0200, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> On 20/07/11 04:12, sturlamolden wrote:
> > 5. No particular GUI thread synchronization is needed  -- Python has a
> > GIL.
> That's where you're wrong: the GIL is not a feature of Python. It is an
> unfortunate implementation detail of current versions of CPython. (and
> PyPy, apparently)

And this GIL is certainly *not* a synchronization solution.  

Even with a GIL you can hang yourself with threads - I've verified
this. :)

> > 6. Expose the event loop to Python.
> You can tap into the Gtk/GLib event loop. 

+1

> What do you propose? We know what happens when you write a fresh GUI
> toolkit: Swing and Tkinter show us.
> The only reasonable option to create a toolkit that actually looks good
> is to base it on the "usual" GUI libraries.

+1

> It is perfectly reasonable to be required to manually call some sort of
> > Is it worth the hassle to start a new GUI toolkit project?
> No.

+1, or -1, errr.. which ever one means I agree with "no".

> > Or should modern deskop apps be written with something completely
> > different, such as HTML5
> NO!!

Barf.

Of course, Gtk [at least experimentally] supports an HTML5 canvas.  A
good UI library provides a lot beyond painting-the-screen (there are
events, and packing/geometry, etc...).  So even if you use HTML5 you are
then going to lay something on top of that [JavaScript + JQuery...].

> Don't be silly. Even using a crappy windowing toolkit is a lot simpler
> than doing the HTML/JavaScript/HTTP/etc dance.

+1