[boost] Re: Boost.threads: interthread exception conveyance

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-24 12:35:05

Peter Dimov wrote:
[...]
> > A) R* join()
> >
> >      thread::canceled( jtp->join() ) would yield TRUE if
> >      thread was canceled, otherwise result pointer can be
> >      safely derefenced ("void R" aside);
> [...]
> > What's wrong with it (the need to communicate exception type
> > lists to the "generic" code, aside please)?
> 
> Nothing (except that R cannot be a reference type.) 

But R CAN be some reference "wrapper" type, I guess.

> Which is better depends on typical use. ....

Well, how would you "communicate" canceled, busy and timedout 
"results" (using join/tryjoin/timedjoin operations), then?

regards,
alexander.