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| author | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2017-04-19 15:46:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2017-04-19 15:46:06 +0200 |
| commit | 6783a9aa8370c0d4e5d45462709f3f50557caab1 (patch) | |
| tree | 27da5e35d9c7227ebdb6d4142a22f2ab2a9b0fac | |
| parent | 1ea180459b74165036eea638f61f78e688867eac (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | c_src/nif_helpers.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/c_src/nif_helpers.c b/c_src/nif_helpers.c index 8953f2e..f29d76d 100644 --- a/c_src/nif_helpers.c +++ b/c_src/nif_helpers.c @@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ void* nif_create_main_thread(char* name) TAILQ_INIT(st->mailbox); #if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__) - // On OSX, SDL2 must run in the main thread, otherwise some operations - // will not work properly. For example, input events would not be received. + // On OSX we identify ourselves as the main thread to ensure that + // we are compatible with libraries that require it. For example + // this is necessary with SDL2 in order to receive input events. erl_drv_steal_main_thread(name, &(st->tid), nif_main_thread, st, NULL); #else enif_thread_create(name, &(st->tid), nif_main_thread, st, NULL); |