Re: [Boost-users] mix usage of boost.thread and pthread?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] mix usage of boost.thread and pthread?
From: OvermindDL1 (overminddl1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-30 02:23:25

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Hua Su <huas.su_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Anthony Williams <anthony.ajw_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hua Su <huas.su_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>> > Is it OK to use both pthread and boost.thread in the same program under
>> > linux?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> > 1. use pthread api to create/join/detach/cancel threads but use
>> > boost.thread's
>> > mutex/condition_variable etc. to do thread synchronization, and
>> > this_thread/
>> > sleep/get_id/thread_local_storage etc..
>>
>> That's fine.
>
> Another reply of this topic by OvermindDL1 said "things like this_thread
> will not work on non Boost.Threads". Could you give any explanation about
> this?

I may be wrong, but I could have *sworn* that at one point in time if
I used native windows threads, then some of the Boost.Threads
functionality just kind of choked.  Am I wrong?  If so, I would love
to know.  :)