Subj : Re: How to pass class-member function to pthread_create(....)?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Vyacheslav Kononenko
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 02:50 pm



David Schwartz wrote:
> "David Hopwood" <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:feUCe.4829$yP3.3129@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> > David Schwartz wrote:
>
> >>     Huh? The purpose of extern "C" is specifically does ensure that your
> >> C++ compiler generated code is compatible with C code. You can know that
> >> you have this compatability by passing '-pthread' to your C++ compiler,
> >> which is guaranteed to provide a compatible (with that compiler) pthreads
> >> implementations.
>
> > Unfortunately not, even for a certain compiler where -pthread is sometimes
> > the right option:
>
> > <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20705>
>
>     Nobody ever said there couldn't be bugs. That some particular platform
> has some particular bug that causes it to violate some particular guarantee
> in some particular standard doesn't change the fact that the standard
> provides the guarantee.
>
>     The issue is whether extern C is guaranteed to work and whether it is
> guaranteed to work without it. My response is based upon what the standards
> say. No implementation details (or bugs) can change what the standards say.
>
>     DS

Which standard provides this guarantee? Espeacially about pthread
option. Can you provide such statements from the standard please?

Regards,
Vyacheslav

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