+2008-05-18 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+ Bug 527214 – g_timer_elapsed() returns random values.
+
+ * glib/gtimer.c (g_timer_new()):
+ Print warning if g_thread_init() has not been called yet.
+ Patch by Mathias Hasselmann
+
2008-05-12 Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj@novell.com>
* glib/gchecksum.c (g_checksum_reset): New function to reset the
+2008-05-18 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+ Bug 527214 – g_timer_elapsed() returns random values.
+
+ * docs/reference/glib/tmpl/timers.sgml:
+ Add notes regarding gthreads dependency.
+ Patch by Mathias Hasselmann
+
2008-05-17 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
* gio/gio-sections.txt: Add new api
This is done somewhat differently on different platforms, and can be tricky to
get exactly right, so #GTimer provides a portable/convenient interface.
</para>
+<note><para>
+#GTimer internally uses the threading API. Therefore g_thread_init() has to be
+called before creating #GTimer instances.
+</para></note>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
<para>
Creates a new timer, and starts timing (i.e. g_timer_start() is implicitly
called for you).
</para>
+<note><para>
+Call g_thread_init() before using this function.
+</para></note>
@Returns: a new #GTimer.
{
GTimer *timer;
+ if (!g_thread_supported ())
+ g_warning ("g_timer_new() called, but GThreads not initialized yet. "
+ "Call g_thread_init ().");
+
timer = g_new (GTimer, 1);
timer->active = TRUE;