[c++-pthreads] Re: pthread_cancel and EH: let's try this again

[Wil Evers]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:

> When cancellation is been disabled by X's client, it doesn't matter
> whether cancellation is "sticky" or not "sticky" because it's been 
> suppressed entirely by X's client. 

That's odd.  I always thought that a cancellation request would be 
remembered until the target thread enables cancellation, while you seem 
to suggest the cancellation request is simply ignored when the target 
thread runs with cancellation disabled.

Any references?

Thanks,

- Wil