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Subj : Re: pthread_cond_init: error rtn
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Thu Feb 24 2005 07:38 pm


"Mike - EMAIL IGNORED" <m_d_berger_1900@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:421E9103.685DFA38@yahoo.com...
> In IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, for the return value for pthread_cond_init
> (among others) I see:
>
>  If successful, the pthread_cond_destroy() and pthread_cond_init()
>  functions shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be
>  returned to indicate the error.
>
> errno is not mentioned.  Is the value really in the return value
> and errno ignored?

    Yes. The use of 'errno' is ugly in a multi-threaded context, so POSIX 
didn't add new uses.

    DS

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