Re: [c++-pthreads] cancellation points report failure

[Nathan Myers <ncm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 02:15:07PM +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Nathan Myers wrote:
> [...]
> > I don't know how to write C library code to maintain invariants 
> > against stack unwinding. 
> 
> You simply use pthread_cleanup_push/pop.
> 
> http://terekhov.de/DESIGN-futex-CV-with-async.cancelable-wait.txt
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3EDE1AE2.3A8D0929%40web.de

My point was just that C does not offer the language facilities 
needed to write exception-safe code.  Anyhow, extensions involving 
pthread_thisandthat aren't exercised in any of the libraries might 
I want to use.

Nathan Myers
ncm@xxxxxxxxxxx