Re: [Boost-users] boost::thread destructor and detach()

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::thread destructor and detach()
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-01 04:32:47

"Eric J. Holtman" <eric_at_[hidden]> writes:

> It looks like the new C++ standard threading library
> is going to call terminate() on a thread if it's being
> destructed, and has not been detached or joined.
>
> Is boost::thread going to change to emulate that
> behavior?  (Currently, it calls detach(), not terminate()).

Maybe.

> I hadn't been calling detach () in my programs
> when I was spinning off a thread that I didn't
> care about joining later.  Should I be doing that,
> just so my code works with either library?

Yes. It is clearer to explicitly detach your threads.

Anthony
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