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

From: Darryl Green (green_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-08 22:13:49

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William E. Kempf [mailto:williamkempf_at_[hidden]]
> This doesn't work because users will want to use 
> Boost.Threads in their
> libraries, where they have no control over the application 
> which implements
> main().  It's a hack that may be acceptable in applications 
> development, but
> I don't find it acceptable in library development.
> 
This implies that the library author cares about and needs to control the
consistent treatment of all threads including "main" - is this really
necessary - or even possible to control?