Re: [Boost-users] [Boost.Thread] How to Stop/Exit/Interrupt

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-23 12:46:30

JD <jean.daniel.michaud_at_[hidden]> writes:

>    I was looking for a way for a thread to kill another one. William 
> Kempf wrote some time ago answering a question about this:
>
> WK > Today you should use a flag and a condition/mutex combination.
> WK > Direct support for cancellation is being provided in a future release.
>
>    I don't think it has been implemented AFAIK.
>    Is it still planned for future release?

Yes. I have an implementation for Windows, but not yet for pthreads.

Anthony
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