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

From: Iain K.Hanson (iain.hanson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-08 11:09:39

 William E. Kempf wrote:

>Not difficult, just not consistent.  The main thread *IS* a thread.
>Anything I can do to any other thread I should be able to do to the main
>thread.  With a thread_terminate() this means I should be able to call it
on
>the main thread.  I can envision the standard being changed to make this
>work, but I can't really do it from a library level.

Then could this not be simulated by installing pthread_exit as the terminate
handler?

/ikh