[PyKDE] PyQT Threading on Windows?

[Phil Thompson]

> I've searched around a bit and nothing has really seemed to help. Right
> now
> i'm working on developing a GUI for a system that uses a threaded backend,
> and calls into the threads work perfectly fine. However, whenever a
> callback from the threaded application happens and a QT object gets
> touched, the whole thing freezes. I'm using QT 3.3.3 with PyQT 3.13 on
> Python 2.3, and with a little bit of research it seems like the symptoms
> all correlate to SIP3 issues. On Linux using PyQT 3.13 with SIP 4
> everything works beautifully, but on Windows it is quite ugly. Is there a
> SIP4 release of PyQT for Windows around, or am I looking in the wrong
> direction? Changing the threading code to use QThread is not an option
> (although if there is some way of easily encapsulating calls that might be
> a reasonable workaround). This problem in its entirety has given me quite
> a
> headache, and any ideas/solutions/leads would be fantastic.

I assume from what you say that you are using the non-commercial version
of Qt/PyQt on Windows. This is SIP v3 based because the version of Qt is
v2.x. If you want a version built with SIP v4 you will need the commercial
versions of Qt and PyQt.

Phil