Re: [Boost-users] Thread scope

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Thread scope
From: Igor R (boost.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-18 09:29:20

> Hi,
> I've seen that when a newly created thread goes out of scope, it keeps
> running - this suggests to me that they are heap allocated, but can't
> find anywhere in the documentation that confirms this. Can someone
> confirm or deny this, and show me where in the docs it is if confirmed?

Destroying thread object does not kill the thread itself.
"When the boost::thread object that represents a thread of execution
is destroyed the thread becomes detached"
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html#thread.thread_management.thread