Re: [boost] Thread: Why is my prog aborting after 283 or so threads?

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-01 13:27:15

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:28:41 -0500, Tim Laplaca <tlaplaca_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Thanks again Caleb.
> 
> A question for the designers of Boost::thread: Would it be possible for
> the thread library to have functionality added so that the thread itself
> can call a function like 'join' that releases all its resources?  This
> would simplify my program a lot, and I suspect other applications as
> well.

You can make a thread non-joinable, in which case it will
automatically clean up after itself, by deleting the heap-allocated
thread objects you create.  The thread will continue to run, but it
will become "detached" and you won't face this resource issue on
thread exit.

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Caleb Epstein
caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com