Subj : Re: thread suspend using pthreads?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Yaytay
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 11:56 am


"Steve Watt" <steve@Watt.COM> wrote in message 
news:df65m7$2g24$1@wattres.Watt.COM...
> So what is suspend/resume being used for in the application?
>
> There _are_ a few places where it's a useful feature.  They are
> extremely rare.

On Windows it is reasonably common practice to start a thread suspended, 
then resume it.
This does not introduce race conditions.
So I'd argue that it is suspend that is risky, not resume.

J.T.

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