[boost] Re: Threads Rewrite?

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-28 09:50:04

Roland wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:06:39 +0200 Bronek Kozicki <brok_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Roland wrote:
>>
>>>This would increase the number of threads seriously, since you can only wait
>>>for a very limited number of objects in a call to WaitFor.
>>>
>>
>>See also http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0499/pooling/pooling.aspx
> 
> 
> I was not aware of this function until now. Thank you for pointing me towards it.

I wasn't either. It looks very interesting, but what Roland points out 
below is a definite problem.

> But as I can see (after a quick look) the callback will not be scheduled
> to run in the context of the exiting thread. But this is a requirement to
> be able to free TLS.
> This is different to THREAD_DETACH which still is scheduled into
> the exiting thread. This might also be the reason why one should call TlsFree
> from there.

Mike