Re: [Boost-users] Suggestion for Boost.Thread

ycc wrote:

Hi, booster,

I am using boost.thread in Windows with VC6, it's quite handy and useful. I found it's better if the library can add 2 additional methods.

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another one is a way to return the raw thread_handle.

typedef platform_dependent thread_handle thread_handle handle() const ;

by this, I can suspend, terminate the thread in Windows, or in Posix platform using #ifdef. For example; boost::thread t(...); #ifdef WINDOWS ::TerminateThread(t.handle()); #endif

This is unsafe because, for example, the target thread may be holding a mutex which can then never be unlocked. Valid uses for thread suspension and termination are few and far between. Ben.