Re: [boost] 2. It is unavoidable to use threads

From: Sean Kelly (sean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-13 23:22:20

Carlo Wood wrote:
> 
> <quote>
> I/O completion ports are the mechanism by which an application uses a pool
> of threads that was created when the application was started to process
> asynchronous I/O requests. These threads are created for the sole purpose
> of processing I/O requests.
> </quote>
> 
> So... there we have our hidden threads!

The IOCP API does offer functions to do automatic thread pool 
management, but I never use it.  For one thing, that API uses 
CreateThread and I prefer to use _beginthreadex.  So while the docs may 
tell you to do things one way, I suggest ignoring them and doing it 
however you like :)

Sean