Re: [boost] "joinable"

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-28 11:09:26

Anthony Williams wrote:
> "vicente.botet" <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>   
>> just a question that could clarify my thoughts, can a non joinable thread be 
>> interruptible?
>>     
>
> No, because you no longer have a handle with which to interrupt it.
>
> I have thought about providing an "interrupt handle" which you can
> obtain either from a boost::thread object, or by calling
> boost::this_thread::get_interrupt_handle() or similar, in which case a
> detached thread would be interruptible.
>   

But why do you invalidate the thread object after a call to detach ? Why 
is it impossible to refer to a detached thread ? (And, for that matter, 
why can't a default-constructed thread not simply refer to the 'main' 
thread ?)

Why do we have unreferrable (sp?) threads of execution ?

Thanks,

       Stefan

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