Re: [Boost-users] mix usage of boost.thread and pthread?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] mix usage of boost.thread and pthread?
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-29 18:37:55

Hua Su <huas.su_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Is it OK to use both pthread and boost.thread in the same program under linux?

Yes.

> 1. use pthread api to create/join/detach/cancel threads but use boost.thread's
> mutex/condition_variable etc. to do thread synchronization, and this_thread/
> sleep/get_id/thread_local_storage etc.. 

That's fine.

> 2. use boost.thread api to create/join/detach/interrupt thread but use pthread
> api to do thread synchronization.

And that's fine too. 

Anthony
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