Re: [boost] [futures] Request for Comments

Andrey Melnikov wrote: [...]

asynchronous cancellation doesn't work in all cases. Threads should be aware of external cancellation and should be written properly to make the cancellation (synchronous or asynchronous) safe.

Your comment is not bad addition to the FAQ.

Also remember we didn't spoke about pthread approach. pthread isn't the only thread abstraction library in the world.

Really? Illuminate me. TIA. regards, alexander.