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

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-14 18:44:35

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 
> >    I note the clever semantics: this call would have to
> > throw an exception if the thread had been detached.
> > But there's no call to detach a thread, so it cannot happen:
> > threads are detached simply by not calling join.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> really? without ref.counting? i do not understand this.
> can you explain this?

No: ask Bill. Or perhaps I have it wrong.

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