[news.eclipse.platform] Re: how to control job worker thread

[Achim Lörke <al_PUBLIC@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:07:41 +0100, Norbert Schöpke
<norbert.schoepke@xxxxxx> wrote:

>All in all, the job API is great, but it was a bit confusing at first, because there is a "setThread()" method for jobs,
>that does NOT do what I and probably others expect it to do. I'd like the API give the user more control over the
>threads actually used by some jobs. For instance, I would really like to specify that all jobs of the same family should
>run in the same thread. That would've helped me alot and I wouldn't have had to write my own "pool" with all
>thread-safety issues involved AGAIN.

If it's really importent to you please enter a bug and/or an
enhancement request against platform in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs

Better yet if you have an idea to implement it (since you have done it
for your plugin) submit a patch or concept along with your request.


Achim