[C++0x] n2880 do not detach std::thread by default

Paolo Carlini paolo.carlini@oracle.com
Tue Jun 16 11:30:00 GMT 2009


Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> n2880 changed the behaviour of std::thread so that it calls
> std::terminate() if the thread is joinable when destroyed or assigned
> to.
>
> I want to commit this to trunk and 4.4, but what's the best way to
> test it? (all current tests pass, because they always explicitly
> join() or detach() thread objects.)
>   
I would say, for now let's commit the update itself to both mainline and
branch.  If you think testing would be important, just add a one line
reminder right above the change.

Paolo.



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