Re: [boost] Comments about N2320

From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-30 17:03:36

Howard Hinnant wrote:
> Actually thread cancellation is old.  Many (not all) thread API's  
> have some form or another of cancellation.  That being said, the  
> compromise reached at the Kona meeting 4 weeks ago was to remove  
> cancellation (or interruption) from the proposal.  This removal is  
> reflected in N2411.

That's unfortunate.  I'm a little confused about how completely 
removing it is a "compromise"!

This is something that I need.  Does anyone know of an alternative 
(POSIX-compatible) C++ thread library that offers cancellation?  If not 
I may try to write on.

Phil.