Re: [Boost-users] inheriting from boost::thread

From: me22 (me22.ca_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 13:26:32

On 21/09/05, Simmons, Aaron <a-simmons1_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I've been thinking about writing a class that inherits from boost::thread.
> However, I noticed that the destructor isn't virtual.  Shouldn't it be?
>

boost::thread is designed neither as a base class nor to be used
polymorphically.

Why do you want to inherit from a thread?  You still couldn't get at
the private thread handles and there are no virtual functions to
modify behavior.

- Scott