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From: anthony_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-04-28 05:10:38


Author: anthonyw
Date: 2008-04-28 05:10:38 EDT (Mon, 28 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 44840
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/44840

Log:
Added entry to breaking changes about default-constructed threads and the current thread: issue #1835
Text files modified:
   trunk/libs/thread/doc/changes.qbk | 5 ++++-
   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Modified: trunk/libs/thread/doc/changes.qbk
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--- trunk/libs/thread/doc/changes.qbk (original)
+++ trunk/libs/thread/doc/changes.qbk 2008-04-28 05:10:38 EDT (Mon, 28 Apr 2008)
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@
 
 * The `locked()` member function of the `scoped_lock` types has been renamed to __owns_lock_ref__.
 
-* The broken `boost::read_write_mutex` has been replaced with __shared_mutex__.
+* You can no longer obtain a __thread__ instance representing the current thread: a default-constructed __thread__ object is not
+associated with any thread. The only use for such a thread object was to support the comparison operators: this functionality has
+been moved to __thread_id__.
 
+* The broken `boost::read_write_mutex` has been replaced with __shared_mutex__.
 
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