Re: boost::thread::id()?

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-09-25 15:08:33

--- In boost_at_y..., "Alexander Terekhov" <terekhov_at_d...> wrote:
> 
> > Actually, fixing the limited number of "native" TSD slots isn't so
> > easy.  The only way to actually fix it would mean that 
set_specific()
> > could fail with an out of memory error, which is problematic and
> > quite different from expected gaurantees of TSD implementations.
> 
> Pg. 1554/System Interfaces Technical Standard (2001)
> (Draft June 14, 2001):
> 
> "33564 NAME
>  33565 pthread_getspecific, pthread_setspecific
>        - thread-specific data management
>  .....
>  33593 ERRORS
>  33594 No errors are returned from pthread_getspecific().
>  33595 The pthread_setspecific() function **shall fail** if:
>  33596 [*ENOMEM*] **Insufficient memory exists to associate
>        the value with the key**."

I should have said *some* implementations of TSD.  I really do think 
this is at least a potential problem with usage.

Bill Kempf