Re: [boost] [futures] Request for Comments

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-20 19:07:58

Andrey Melnikov wrote:
[...]
>                                          asynchronous cancellation
> doesn't work in all cases. Threads should be aware of external
> cancellation and should be written properly to make the cancellation
> (synchronous or asynchronous) safe.

Your comment is not bad addition to the FAQ.

> 
> Also remember we didn't spoke about pthread approach. pthread isn't the
> only thread abstraction library in the world.

Really? Illuminate me. TIA.

regards,
alexander.