What function is responsible for creating the global GMainContext?

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I was looking into the documentation of GMainContext API. I can call g_main_context_default() to get the global default main context without having to create it first in my program. I can also create a GMainLoop using the global default main context as follow:

GMainLoop *loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);

The global default main context seems to be created implicitly at some point in a program. I can’t seem to find anywhere in the The Main Event Loop doc or the MainContext API that specify at what point in a program the global GMainContext is created and by what what function?

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It is created by g_main_context_default() the first time the function is called in the program, and then it is stored in a static variable within that function for the rest of the program’s lifetime. Most other functions that accept NULL for a context will implictly call g_main_context_default() in that case, such as with g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE).

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