"David Abrahams" <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:uy8b8kxe6.fsf@boost-consulting.com... | "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@mmltd.net> writes: | | > David Abrahams wrote: | >> I'm also concerned that none of the practicable dates mentioned above | >> will make the EWG's cutoff date for C++0x, and I'm not sure we can | >> afford to release another standard without threading support. | > | > You should probably mention what the EWG cutoff date is. :-) | | I would if I remembered for sure. I think it's something like, no new | proposals considered after the next meeting. | | > As for the "afford to release"... There's always the safe choice of | > <cpthread> + specifying that cancellation is a C++ exception. C++ification | > can then be done in a TR. | | That's a possibility, but it doesn't necessarily align with some | strong convictions from experienced concurrent programmers on the | committee. As I said earlier, Lawrence Crowl is heading a groups looking at a threads library for C++0x. Most importantly, I believe Kevlin Henney will get a chance to submit his work. -Thorsten