Subj : Re: pthread function behavior in C++ program
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Butenhof
Date : Sat Jun 11 2005 10:53 pm

Peter Dimov wrote:
> David Butenhof wrote:
> 
>>But of course technically that's all POSIX -- and my expectations and
>>prejudices. There are C++ people who argue that an unhandled exception
>>should always terminate the process.
> 
> IIRC this is about unhandled C++ exceptions other than thread exit and 
> thread cancel. The argument is that threads dying silently as a result of an 
> unhandled exception lead to hard to find bugs (as determined empirically). 
> :-)
> 
> Of course the whole point of thread exit and thread cancel is to make the 
> thread die silently, so this doesn't apply to them. 

Well, that's exactly what I said so of course I agree completely with 
your intelligent and rational assessment. However, it shouldn't surprise 
you that not everyone does. ;-)

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Dave Butenhof, David.Butenhof@hp.com
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