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

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-11 18:07:32

[2002-08-11] William Kempf wrote:

>>From: "Eric Woodruff" <Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden]>
>>
>>Bill,
>>
>>Could it hypothetically be done portably if the end user was separated
from
>>main () by an Application class? The body, or "main", of the application 
>>can
>>be started in a boost::thread.
>
>Again, yes, but this is simply not acceptable.  This idiom will only work 
>when the programmer is writing an application.  If he's writing a library 
>this is out of his control.

And even when they are not writing a library, but using something like
wxWindows (like I am). It's impossible to "take over" main(). So please
don't go in that direction.

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