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

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-17 07:26:57

Daniel Krügler wrote:
> 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?

Certainly. I'll wait for your (or anyone else's) test results first, though.