GLib Reference Manual
GLib Core Application Support
The Main Event Loop
— manages all available sources of events
Threads
— thread abstraction; including threads, different mutexes, conditions and thread private data
Thread Pools
— pools of threads to execute work concurrently
Asynchronous Queues
— asynchronous communication between threads
Dynamic Loading of Modules
— portable method for dynamically loading 'plug-ins'
Memory Allocation
— general memory-handling
IO Channels
— portable support for using files, pipes and sockets
Error Reporting
— a system for reporting errors
Message Output and Debugging Functions
— functions to output messages and help debug applications
Message Logging
— versatile support for logging messages with different levels of importance