Subj : Re: killing thread
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Wed Aug 10 2005 08:21 pm


Vitale Ferruccio wrote:
> 
> Hi Alexander,,
> 
> in page you reported, I read:
> ...
> This period ends at the current time plus the specified interval. The
> routine will not return before the end of the period is reached, but
> may return an arbitrary amount of time after the period has gone by.

"This can be due to system load, thread priorities, and system timer 
 granularity."

> If I understand well, this solution doesn't let me interrupt this
> thread: am I right? :-|

You're wrong.

Read what it says about cancellation.

regards,
alexander.

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