Subj : Re: killing thread
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Wed Aug 10 2005 05:48 pm


Alexander Terekhov wrote:
[...]
> > After thread_execute calls pthread_cancel, I thought that the thread would be
> > cancelled: instead thread_timer exists only when 200 seconds are passed.
> > I could now rewrite my question: how can I put to sleep a thread and interrupt
> > its execution? :-)
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/manual/pthread_delay_np.html

If "_np" is a problem for you, roll your own portable version using 
pthread_cond_timedwait().

regards,
alexander.

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