[Dev] repo and multiple threads

[Andi Vajda]

Send a notification saying that some prefs changed, those interested in it 
would then know what to do about it. Now, the IMAP prefs are a dialog, right ? 
Could a dialog run in with a different repository view, or in a different 
thread from the general UI ?

Andi..


On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Morgen Sagen wrote:

> I understand that thread A doesn't see thread B's changes until both B and A 
> commit( ).  Do we have a mechanism in place (or at least thought about) for 
> allowing thread B to inform thread A that it needs to commit( )?  I think we 
> may be running into this situation now:  when the user modifies their IMAP 
> settings in the main thread and commits, how does the imap client code 
> actually see those modifications?  It won't pick up the modifications until 
> after the imap thread does a commit( ) -- which it may not do right away.