Re: [boost] Boost.Threads, N2178, N2184, et al

From: Glenn Schrader (gschrad_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-22 19:15:14

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Yuval Ronen wrote:
>   
>> The Windows superior join model? Can you please explain what do you
>> mean by that?
>>     
>
> You can "join" a thread more than once, from several threads, and you can do 
> try/timed joins. 
>   
This implies that information about terminated threads "hangs around" 
for some amount of time in case more threads which to "join" it. Do you 
know what the Windows policy is regarding when the tid (or the Windows 
equivalent) finally becomes invalid?

Glenn Schrader