RE: [boost] Thread locals

From: Alexander Terekhov (TEREKHOV_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-05 09:13:23

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hoeffner, Detlef
> > Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:04:06 +0200
> > Subject: RE: [boost] Thread locals
> > --------------------------
> [snip]
> > BTW, Regarding the representation of pthread_t
> > at least under Linux and Solaris 7 they are
> > integral types.
>
> BTW, the Single Unix Specification (www.opengroup.org)
> seems to require that pthread_t is a numeric type:
>
> (See
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/systypes.h.html)
>
> ----------
> [...]
> pthread_t   Used to identify a thread.
> [...]
> All of the types are defined as arithmetic types of an
> appropriate length.
> ----------

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> I am not sure how these specs are related to POSIX
> though.

IEEE 1003.1-2001 (POSIX.1-2001) == SUSv3, ISO "balloting"
is currently under way, AFAIK.

regards,
alexander.