Re: [boost] Re: Threads docs updated in CVS

From: duncan_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-08-09 03:51:08

ross.s_at_[hidden] (Ross Smith) wrote:

> As far as naming goes, my main problem is with the terms "join" and
> "detach". I've never been able to figure out why pthreads uses those
> peculiar names.

You may could make the same argument for the word 'thread' itself.
'join' and 'detach' are by analogy with 'thread' surely? But if we 
carried on we should have 'split' instead of 'create' or 'start' and 
'cut' instead of 'terminate' or 'cancel'. I do agree that join is not 
particularly self-explanatory. It is not clear enough from the analogy 
with thread exactly what it does. What about "wait_for_exit"?

I don't agree with 'abandon'. It has too many connotations of 
curtailment.

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Duncan Harris, Sapio Design Ltd, Manchester, U.K.