Re: [boost] Re: Re: Re: Threads & Exceptions

From: William E. Kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-05 14:38:24

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From: "Eric Woodruff" <Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:22 PM
Subject: [boost] Re: Re: Re: Threads & Exceptions

> Sorry, I'm confused at your use of the word "process."

I'm not sure why... if you understand the MT paradigm you should also
understand what a process is.  In any event...

> >From the sake of clarity, lets please reference thread1 and thread2,
where
> thread2 is spawned from thread1 and thread1 calls join on thread2,
catching
> an exception that caused thread1 to end.

That may be where the confusion lies.  There's no requirement that thread1
call join on thread2, and that's (one place) where the polling solution
falls down.

Bill Kempf