Re: [Boost-users] at_thread_exit() never getting called

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] at_thread_exit() never getting called
From: cowwoc (cowwoc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-08 01:08:57

Peter Dimov-5 wrote:
> 
> You can't use an at_thread_exit hook registered from within a thread to
> shut 
> down this same thread; this is circular. If you want to shut down a thread 
> when exit() is called or when main returns, use atexit, or a destructor of
> a 
> static variable. I don't see how at_thread_exit could help in this case, 
> although of course I may be misunderstanding something. 
> 

Part of the problem is that neither atexit() or at_thread_exit() explicitly
specify which thread the hook function will get invoked on...

Gili
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