RE: [boost] Re: Boost.Thread: WrappingNativeWindowsEventVariablespossible?

From: Matthew Hurd (matt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-10 03:52:04

> On Behalf Of Alexander Terekhov

> Sean Kelly wrote:
> [...]
> > Depends on the type of IO.  The only way to interrupt select() is to
> send
> 
> http://google.com/groups?selm=3CCE35DD.320BA68E%40web.de

OK.  No reason why all three approaches could not be modelling (policied?).
 
> [...]
> > One slightly irritating feature of pthreads is that there's no supplied
> > way to determine whether a thread has exited.  ...
> 
> http://google.com/groups?selm=3F812986.BD2C9497%40web.de
> http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/austin-group-l/msg04468.html

OK.  This is useful for the cancel and perhaps for building the barrier on
POSIX, in particular your "my_thread_(try|timed)join".

Regards,

Matt Hurd.