Re: [Boost-users] boost::thread::join causes assertion (pthreads)

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-24 09:57:08

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:30:32 +0200, Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> A Boost thread is never detached. This is a POSIX-only thing to compensate
> lack of destructors in C. You either have a way to call join (in which case
> no pthread_detach should have been called), or you don't (in which case it
> doesn't matter whether pthread_detach has been called or not).

My mistake.  For some reason I thought it was possible to create
non-joinable threads.

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