Subj : Re: pthread function behavior in C++ program
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Torsten Robitzki
Date : Sun Jun 12 2005 12:57 pm

>>There are cases, where one realy don't care if an error occures or not
>>and this can be expressed with an exception handler who catches all
>>exceptions without rethrowing them. Such former legal code would now
>>cause every now and then the program to terminate if a thread get
>>canceled? Than not runnung destructors and exception handlers at all
>>seems to be more predictable to me.
> 
> 
> It's better because it's only one step from the "right thing". They only 
> need to re-cancel (not rethrow!) instead of terminating. Not running 
> destructors and exception handlers will "only" leak and deadlock, but such 
> an implementation would be much more difficult to fix. 

What do you have in mind when you distinct between "re-cancel" and 
"rethrow"? If I have to choose between an implementation that terminates 
my application every once and then or let my application leak like a 
sieve I would choose neither of them ;-) but try to find a solution 
without cancellation.

regards
Torsten

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