Re: [Boost-users] [thread] Keeping leak detectors still...

From: Daniel Krügler (dsp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-17 06:40:45

Peter Dimov wrote:
> TLS indices are per-process, and since the TLS index used by the cleanup 
> code cannot be cleaned before process exit, it doesn't matter whether there 
> is an explicit TlsFree. When the process dies, so will all its TLS indices.
> 
> I could have put a TlsFree in on_process_exit, but it's better not to. If 
> on_process_exit is (for some reason) called before all on_thread_exits, the 
> cleanup handlers won't have a chance to execute and will leak. 

Thank you very much for your careful explanation, Peter!

Given the advantages of *more* simplicity and *less* warnings by 
often-used tools, wouldn't it be appropriate to use this code as actual
implementation of Boost.Thread?

Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel