[pygtk] idle_add vs. threads_enter/threads_leave

[Jason Heeris]

Antoine Martin wrote:

> It means that most of your code is not using threads at all, only the
> bits that are *slow*

Those are the only bits that use threads anyway.

> I've lost track of your particular issue though, so maybe this is not
> suitable for your use-case? How much slow work do you do compared to the
> rest? (how many code paths, rather than raw amount)

I have two kinds of long-blocking work: reading a large file and 
processing it to get a single result, and communication over a serial 
port (send command, await response, times about a hundred).

— Jason