Re: [boost] [gsoc] Boost.Process done

On 08/30/2010 11:59 AM, Boris Schaeling wrote:

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I checked now why I even had to add -lpthread if it wasn't required in earlier Boost.Process drafts: The new status class uses a worker thread to support asynchronous I/O. So yes, threading=multi is the natural choice. ;) Updated in SVN and in the ZIP file.

The use of a worker thread seems like an unfortunate additional burden. I don't know about the Windows implementation, but on Linux it seems in principle it should be possible to handle it via a SIGCHLD handler.