Re: I'm Lost
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Re: I'm Lost



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.