Re: [boost] Re: A new boost::thread implementation?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-08 16:44:19

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> But I >>still insist<< ( ;-) ) on a rather simple interface 
> for creating a thread object (that shall kinda-"encapsulate" 
> that "async_call<T>"-thing "representing" the thread routine 
> with its optional parameter(s) and return value... and which 
> can be canceled [no-result-ala-PTHREAD_CANCELED] and timedout-
> on-timedjoin() -- also "no result" [reported by another "magic" 
> pointer value]):
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3D5D59A3.E6C97827%40web.de
> (Subject: Re: High level thread design question)
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3D613D44.9B67916%40web.de
> (Well, "futures" aside for a moment, how about the following...)
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;-) ;-)

Hmm, good point.  If we are going to get results back in this
straightforward way we probably ought to be thinking about exception
propagation also.  However, that's a *much* harder problem, so I'm
inclined to defer solving it.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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