Re: [boost] thread interruption request

Subject: Re: [boost] thread interruption request
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-17 16:04:49

Le 10/04/2016 16:24, Gaetano Mendola a écrit :
> Is there a way for an interruption point to not reset
> the interruption request flag before throwing?
>
> I have a Class accepting functions to be executed
> asynchronously this is implemented in terms of
> boost threads:
>
> T::operator()() {
>    while (true) {
>     foo();
>     boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
>    }
> }
>
> One of those functions performs some operations
> between a:
>
>     try { /*code*/ } catch(...) { }
>
> this basically makes my Class not interruptible indeed
> that boost::this_thread::interruption_point() is useless
> if a boost::thread_interrupted has been catched inside
> the foo.
>
> I have found this:
> http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2008/08/39106.php
> where the guys needs a way to reset it, I need a way
> to leave the flag on for the entire thread life if
> an interruption has been requested.
Hi,

IIUC what you want is to interrupt the task not the threads, isn't it??

Vicente