Re: [boost] Adding an option to set the name of a boost::thread

Subject: Re: [boost] Adding an option to set the name of a boost::thread
From: David Hagood (david.hagood_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-11-07 07:53:49

On 11/07/2012 05:35 AM, Vicente Botet wrote:
> niXman wrote
>> Hi,
>>
>> In glibc since 2.12 available new pthread interfaces:
>> 1. pthread_setname_np
>> 2. pthread_getname_np
>
> Thanks for pointing this. On MacOs these functions can not be used to name a
> specific thread but the current thread, so my preceding remark seems still
> valid.
>
You could always have the thread set up code handle setting the name in 
the thread's context before transferring control over to the user 
supplied function.