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

From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-26 17:58:24

Howard Hinnant wrote:
> I swear (lays hand on backup disk) on my backup disk, all N2184 (and  
> N2178 as I understand it) wants of C++ cancellation is to request that  
> the target thread (whenever it gets around to it, if ever) throw a  
> normal C++ exception, which the target thread is free to subsequently  
> catch, swallow and digest.  :-)

To be honest. I did not yet had time to study N2184 and 2178.
But if this is true, wouldn't this be in contradiction to pthread
semantics? Wouldn't this users rather confuse even more?

Sorry if this sounds innocent. I really mean this as a question.

Roland