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

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-22 19:23:34

Glenn Schrader wrote:
> 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?

There is a separate CloseHandle call, after which the handle is no longer 
valid.