On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:52:51 -0500, Michael Glassford wrote: Supplementary question, though not necessarily related. What happens if the function that a thread in a thread pool is executing ends? Assuming you did: thread_pool tp; tp.create(&some_func); tp.create(&some_func); tp.create(&some_func); Now, lets say one of the functions ends, however the other two are still going, and likely to remain so, will the thread's context be cleaned up? or will it be a leak until that thread pool is destroyed? One of the properties of a dynamic thread pool is that threads are added and removed as necessary (usually due to work load). This means I may go back to 2 threads after one of the first 3 dies, but later on, I might need 3 again, so I'll create a new one. One of these threads will again die later once the work load goes down. Its sounding like thread_pool is only really a useful device for a statically sized or always-growing thread pool. -- PreZ :) Founder. The Neuromancy Society (http://www.neuromancy.net)