From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-08-24 07:56:27


--- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> From: <williamkempf_at_h...>
> > --- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> > The bigger issue for you with the proposed Boost.Threads
semantics is
> > that the thread object created through the default constructor is
> > valid only within that thread.
>
> Actually this is not an issue for me - unless I've missed
something. I don't
> need the default constructor. ;-)

So you can never "adopt" threads created outside of the library?
While this isn't an essential thing, users are going to find it to be
a major QoL issue. For instance, how can you possibly "join" the
main thread since this thread was not created through the library?

Bill Kempf