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

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-27 12:00:31

Howard Hinnant wrote:

> I believe one of the big differences is :  How soon after join() can the
> thread clean up resources?  I.e. the model I've been working on has an
> implicit detach() inside of join(), for the purpose of cleaning up the
> resources immediately instead of waiting to ~thread() for resource
> cleanup.

One question that comes to mind here - which I've been unable to effectively 
communicate in my other post - is:

What use case exists for not destroying the thread object after it's been 
detached (or joined+detached) under the current N2184 semantics?