[Boost-users] Re: boost::thread::join causes assertion(pthreads)

Kevin Wheatley wrote:

On Windows I'm getting the:

res = WaitForSingleObject(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(m_thread), INFINITE); assert(res == WAIT_OBJECT_0); res = CloseHandle(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(m_thread)); assert(res);

res == WAIT_OBJECT_0 assert failing, but I have no idea why because I'm not told it failed due to the void thread::join().

I don't yet know if thread::join should return something or throw an exception, but reporting the error in a better way is desirable. On Linux, assert can be replaced with "perror/abort" combination, and on windows something like that should be also possible ("FormatMessage"?). Anybody objects if I make the change for Linux? - Volodya