Re: [Boost-users] at_thread_exit() never getting called

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] at_thread_exit() never getting called
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-30 06:00:21

cowwoc <cowwoc_at_[hidden]> writes:

> The documentation is far from obvious on this point. It just reads: "This
> copy is invoked when the current thread exits (even if the thread has been
> interrupted)."
>
> Source:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_40_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html#thread.thread_management.this_thread.atthreadexit
>
> I expect the function to get invoked if the thread exits for *any* reason,
> not just because the documentation says so but also because it's what I want
> from a coding point of view.

OK, I'll update the documentation.

Anthony
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