Benefits of runtime.LockOSThread in Golang

Question

Golang supports LockOSThread() to make current goroutine exclusively tied to current OS thread, and it can also UnlockOSThread().

Are there

Answer 1

runtime.LockOsThread it is usually used for calling C code that requires running in the main thread, like in graphics libraries.

Go Wiki page about LockOsThread and an example on how to use it.

Google groups discussion about the use of LockOsThread in SDL.