Re: first sight

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-15 12:07:16

--- In boost_at_y..., Lee Brown <lee_at_a...> wrote:
> 
> > gotchas.  Again, I think I can say this confidently because Win32
> > programmers have done without builtin cancellation since '95.
> >
> 
> How is this done, typically?  I am completely and utterly ignorant
> of Windows programming.(Never wrote a line of C++ on MS)

Simply by using shared data flags (properly synchronized) and/or 
event objects in a "roll your own" cooperative cancellation mechanism.

Bill Kempf