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

From: Ben Hutchings (ben.hutchings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-24 12:03:50

Caleb Epstein wrote:
> 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.

Just in case it's not clear: it *is* possible to create detached 
threads.  However they cannot have boost::thread objects associated with 
them (except perhaps as ID holders) because detachment is achieved by 
destroying the associated boost::thread object.

Ben.