[boost] Re: Moving Boost.Thread forward

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-16 12:15:28

Michael Glassford wrote:
[...]
> C++, does "if init_routine is a cancellation point and is canceled"
> roughly translate into "if init_routine throws an exception"? 

Yep (unexpected throws aside for a moment). 

http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html#once-ctor

>                                                               I confess
> to almost complete ignorance of pthreads (what little I know I've picked
> up by following conversations here and occasionally in
> comp.programming.threads), so in addition to a reply to my question, I'd
> appreciate pointers to a good tutorial and/or reference.

Try

http://www.unix.org/version3
http://www.awl.de/0201633922.html 
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51_PDF/ARH9RBTE.PDF
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51_PDF/ARH9TBTE.PDF
http://www.testdrive.hp.com

regards,
alexander.