Re: [boost] [Thread] Doc bug?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Doc bug?
From: Alexander Lamaison (awl03_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-07 12:51:03

Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 7 January 2014 16:11, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
>> The docs [1] for the `scoped_thread` and `strict_scoped_thread` says
>>
>>> "While thread call std::terminate() on the destructor is the thread is
>>> joinable, strict_scoped_thread<> or scoped_thread<> join the thread if
>>> joinable.
>>
>> Several other places on the page say something similar.
>>
>> I was under in the impression that Boost.Thread had toyed with adopting
>> this behaviour to match `std::thread` but decided against it after
>> complaints on this list.  Am I wrong?
>
> It depends on a macro, but the non-standard behaviour is deprecated:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html#thread.thread_management.thread.destructor

Hmmm, could have sworn I remembered the decision being reversed
completely.  Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's being changed.  Just not
what I remembered.

Thanks,

Alex

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