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

[Richard Henderson]

On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 08:54:06PM -0800, Nathan Myers wrote:
> Do you _really_ see breaking just about every existing thread-safe 
> library as a minor change?

Yes.  Primarily because I disagree that changing the throw status
of printf will have this effect.

> Nobody proposed changing POSIX.  
> 
> The proposed semantics is for the C++ _binding_ to POSIX, which 
> (I understand) doesn't exist yet.

If you are seriously suggesting that printf work differently
depending on whether the object file is linked into a C or a
C++ program, then I give up.  That is NOT an option.  You will
get absolutely ZERO uptake from library implementors.


r~