Re: [boost] Boost.Threads, N2178, N2184, et al

From: Yuval Ronen (ronen_yuval_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-22 17:41:36

Peter Dimov wrote:
> The join2 functions illustrate another point where I believe N2178 is 
> superior to N2184: they expose the superior Windows join model at the C++ 
> level instead of the more limited pthread_join. It's trivial to make an 
> n2184::thread provide the same semantics under Windows, but nobody would be 
> able to take advantage of them portably. 

The Windows superior join model? Can you please explain what do you mean 
by that?