Re: [boost] [thread] condition::try_wait() and thread::try_join()?

11 Nov 2008

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From: "Anthony Williams" <anthony.ajw@gmail.com>
To: <boost@lists.boost.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] condition::try_wait() and thread::try_join()?
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"vicente.botet" <vicente.botet@wanadoo.fr> writes:

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My question is if this is the correct way to know if a thread has
finished or if you know a better way?
If you want to know if a thread has finished (without waiting for it)
then this is currently the only direct way. However, if you want to
know if it has finished *the work it was doing* then you might be
better off setting a flag in the thread function and checking that.
Thanks,

Vicente