Re[2]: differences between getThread () on unices and win32

[Pavel Tsekov]

Hello David,

Just to let you know that the version I refer to is 1.9.5.

Btw is there an public accessible CVS server for CommonC++ ? Or
a web based one ?

Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 1:38:10 PM, you wrote:

DS> Freddy, do you think this issue is still in the 2 tree?  I recall this 
DS> was changed around a bit...

DS> Pavel Tsekov wrote:

>>Hello, there! :)
>>
>>getThread () on Win32 seem to not follow the trend and looks a
>>little bit outdated. It uses the old implementation - its the same
>>as in 1.6.x perhaps even before that. Would a patch be required to
>>add this functionality or not ? I would vote for simply copying the
>>unix implementation without the fix for Solaris... Is this acceptable
>>? If a a patch is required I'd supply one...
>>
>>For the curious I've found this difference because of SEGV caused
>>by getException () which calls getThread () to retrieve the _throw
>>thread artifact on a thread other than the main one. Now I am curios
>>is it acceptable to remove the _throw member from thread and make it
>>a thread data ? This involves patching get/setException... Please, let
>>me know - I am willing to provide the patches - just want to know
>>if there are any pros / cons on this topic. I think a common situation
>>where this will be a better solution is applications which do not use
>>CommonC++ for their threading purposes.
>>
>>Thanks :)