[Boost-users] [Boost.Thread] portable thread ids and library development status

From: Ben L. Perkins (usenet2005_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-19 17:32:40

I'm evaluating the difficulty involved in converting some applications
that currently use an in-house cross platform library to use Boost
instead. One feature these applications currently make heavy use of is
the availability of a portable thread identifier that can be accessed
from both inside and outside the thread.

The present implementation of boost::thread lacks this feature. I
searched the archives of this list and found a fairly lively discussion
on this topic that took place back in 2003. Unfortunately I couldn't
find any indication that it was ever resolved and apparently the
original maintainer of the thread library ceased working on it about
this time.

I'm curious about the status of the boost::thread library now. I just
downloaded boost_1_33_1 and I see from the release notes that at least
minor bug fixes are still being made there.  Is any more ambitious work
still being done on it? Has there been any progress made toward the
concept of a portable thread id?

Thank you for any information you can pass along.

- Ben Perkins