27 Mar
2007
27 Mar
'07
10:56 a.m.
David Abrahams wrote:
I suggest that trying to use meanings of "cancellation" other than the one(s) used in the pthread standard at this point can only confuse things, which hardly seems like a way to un-stall the process.
I might be completely wrong, but doesn't the pthread standard require a thread to stop once it has been cancelled? The thread may decide to defer the request, but not to deny. Correct? So what we are discussing (and what I want to suggest too) is to let the thread decide if it honours the cancellation request. My point was just to give it a different name then, since this basically is a communication channel that can be used for other purposes too. Regards, Roland