When to use thread.join()
My apologies if this has been covered. I am new to boost and have been working with the boost thread class. I assume that the join() function waits for the thread to finish execution. But what if the thread has already finished executing? Can I still call join() and have it not wait for infinity? Simon
Simon Reye wrote:
My apologies if this has been covered. I am new to boost and have been working with the boost thread class. I assume that the join() function waits for the thread to finish execution. But what if the thread has already finished executing? Can I still call join() and have it not wait for infinity?
As far as I know if the thread is already finished (the thread's main function has exited) join() will return right away. -delfin
As far as I know if the thread is already finished (the thread's main function has exited) join() will return right away.
-delfin
I did some further tests and this is indeed the case (as you would expect). My particular problem is due to DLL unloading (aaarrrggggghhhh!) Simon
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