26 Mar
2007
26 Mar
'07
8:38 p.m.
Stefan Seefeld wrote:
The point really is that we want a means to interrupt an otherwise non-interruptible (i.e. blocking) call, so this requires support from the system layer.
True. But we will need this in either case. Cancellation also is not feasible if we can't get out of the kernel. But: a (std) library implementor can emulate this by making use of async IO at the OS level. Roland