RE: [boost] Re: Re: future of boost.threads

From: Hurd, Matthew (hurdm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-05 17:04:52

> On Behalf Of Michael Glassford
> Subject: [boost] Re: Re: future of boost.threads
> 
> I remember very long and involved discussions, but don't remember any
> consensus being reached or any resolution being found to the difficult
> issues involved. Am I mistaken?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> "Slawomir Lisznianski" <slisznianski_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:20040205190629.08537154D84_at_mail.messagingengine.com...
> > Are there any plans to support handling of exceptions thrown during
> > joinable thread execution? I recall Usenet discussions with
> proposals
> > varying from Futures to throwable join():
> >
> > try {
> >   thread.join();
> > }
> > catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
> >   ...
> > }
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:59:03 -0500, "Michael Glassford"
> > <glassfordm_at_[hidden]> said:
> > >
> > > "Burc Arpat" <burch_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
<snip>

There has been a specific group set up to discuss thread cancellation
and exceptions w.r.t. std c++ on gmane.  It is not straight forward is
the overall impression I took away ;-)  It is worth reading.

Regards,

Matt Hurd
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