Re: I'm Lost
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Re: I'm Lost
- To: c++-pthreads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: I'm Lost
- From: Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:31:43 +0200
Wil Evers wrote:
[...]
> I'd say it's time to face the truth, which is that POSIX cancellation
> semantics are incompatible with commonly established C++ coding
> practices.
It's incompatible with cancel-unaware C++ code. Note that it's
incompatible with cancel-unaware C code as well, but that didn't
stop POSIX and ongoing creation of cancel-safe code in both C
and C++ languages. Very many tons of cancel-safe code.
regards,
alexander.