Re: [boost] Ending/canceling/suspending a thread (proposal)

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-23 12:05:07

From: <duncan_at_[hidden]>
> When an exception other than thread_end (or derived) escapes from the
> thread procedure I would strongly prefer it to stop the whole program
> (process). This should be the default behaviour.

The problem with this approach is that resources will leak. When an
exception escapes from main() in the single-threaded case we know that the
stack has been unwound. When an exception escapes from a thread the other
threads' stacks will not be unwound, and the resources they've allocated
will leak.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.