Added independent output thread.

.gitignore

@@ -109,3 +109,5 @@ SilverMUDClient
 config.h
 config.h.in
 stamp-h1
+
+build/

Makefile.am

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = SilverMUDServer SilverMUDClient
 dist_doc_DATA = README.org
+schemedir = $(pkgdatadir)/scheme
+dist_scheme_DATA = lisp
 SilverMUDServer_CFLAGS = -lgnutls -g $(GUILE_CFLAGS) $(GUILE_LIBS)
 SilverMUDClient_CFLAGS = -lgnutls -g -lncurses $(GUILE_CFLAGS) $(GUILE_LIBS)
 

configure.ac

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ AC_INIT([SilverMUD], [0.0.1], [barra@ocathain.ie])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign subdir-objects])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([source/config.h])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([
-	Makefile
-])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUILE], [guile-3.0])
 AC_OUTPUT

source/server/main.c

@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 	scm_c_define("*globalPlayerList*", scm_from_pointer(globalPlayerList, NULL));
 	scm_c_define("*globalOutputQueue*", scm_from_pointer(globalOutputQueue, NULL));
 
+	// Start an output thread:
+	pthread_t outputThread;
+	pthread_create(&outputThread, NULL, outputThreadHandler, (void *)globalOutputQueue);
+	
 	// Start a REPL thread:
 	//pthread_t schemeREPLThread;
 	//pthread_create(&schemeREPLThread, NULL, schemeREPLHandler, NULL);
@@ -334,28 +338,6 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 				}
 			} 
 		}
-
-		// Output the queue:
-		struct OutputMessage * currentMessage = NULL;
-		while (globalOutputQueue->count != 0)
-		{
-			currentMessage = popOutputMessage(globalOutputQueue);
-			struct PlayerListNode * currentPlayerNode = currentMessage->recepients->head;
-
-			while (currentPlayerNode != NULL)
-			{
-				gnutls_record_send(*currentPlayerNode->player->connection->tlsSession,
-								   currentMessage->message, sizeof(struct ServerToClientMessage));
-				currentPlayerNode = currentPlayerNode->next;
-			}
-
-			if (currentMessage->deallocatePlayerList == true)
-			{
-				deallocatePlayerList(&currentMessage->recepients);
-			}
-			
-			deallocateOutputMessage(&currentMessage);
-		}
 	}
 	
 	// Wait for all other threads to terminate:

source/server/output-queue.c

@@ -6,8 +6,39 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include "player-data.h"
 #include "output-queue.h"
 
+// A thread handler for constantly outputting messages from an output queue:
+void * outputThreadHandler(void * outputQueue)
+{
+	struct OutputQueue * queue = (struct OutputQueue *)outputQueue;	
+	struct OutputMessage * currentMessage = NULL;
+	
+	while (true)
+	{
+			currentMessage = popOutputMessage(queue);
+			if (currentMessage != NULL)
+			{
+				struct PlayerListNode * currentPlayerNode = currentMessage->recepients->head;
+
+				while (currentPlayerNode != NULL)
+				{
+					gnutls_record_send(*currentPlayerNode->player->connection->tlsSession,
+									   currentMessage->message, sizeof(struct ServerToClientMessage));
+					currentPlayerNode = currentPlayerNode->next;
+				}
+
+				if (currentMessage->deallocatePlayerList == true)
+				{
+					deallocatePlayerList(&currentMessage->recepients);
+				}
+			
+				deallocateOutputMessage(&currentMessage);
+			}
+	}
+}
+
 struct OutputQueue * const createOutputQueue()
 {
 	// Allocate a new queue:

source/server/output-queue.h

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct OutputQueue
 	struct OutputMessage * front, * back;	
 };
 
+void * outputThreadHandler(void * outputQueue);
+
 struct OutputQueue * const createOutputQueue();
 
 size_t pushOutputMessage(struct OutputQueue * const queue,