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
Memory Allocation
— general memory-handling
IO Channels
— portable support for using files, pipes and sockets
Error Reporting
Warnings and Assertions
Message Logging