"Phil Endecott" <spam_from_boost_dev@chezphil.org> writes:
Howard Hinnant wrote:
Actually thread cancellation is old. Many (not all) thread API's have some form or another of cancellation. That being said, the compromise reached at the Kona meeting 4 weeks ago was to remove cancellation (or interruption) from the proposal. This removal is reflected in N2411.
That's unfortunate. I'm a little confused about how completely removing it is a "compromise"!
This is something that I need. Does anyone know of an alternative (POSIX-compatible) C++ thread library that offers cancellation? If not I may try to write on.
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