[c++-pthreads] C++ and posix threads

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Nathan Myers <ncm at cantrip.org> writes:

| On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 03:52:50PM +0100, Jean-Marc Bourguet wrote:
| > I feel confused.  I wonder what is the context of the discussion
| > and especially the constraints or the liberties we assume from
| > an implementation.  
| 
| This list was started in hope getting guidance for the implementers of 
| gcc/glibc in creating a synchronous thread-cancellation binding that is
| sensible for C++.

I hope this list was not setup in order to come up with GCC- or
GLIBC-centric solutions.  I think that was precisely the opposite, if
I understand Matt's original suggestion correctly.

    I wonder if this is the right forum for this discussion?

    I agree with you and Jason that the C++ and POSIX standards are
    incompatible.  I also agree that it's very important to reconcile
    them, and that it's an embarrassment that it's taken so long to
    do it.  Essentially, you're proposing a C++ binding to (a part of)
    POSIX.


    The reason I wonder whether this is the right forum: this is the
    gcc mailing list.  But we don't want a gcc C++ POSIX binding, we
    want to have the same C++ POSIX binding for all relevant compilers
    and operating systems.

                --Matt

-- Gaby