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Subj : Re: boost::thread d'tor does not call endthread
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Thu May 26 2005 12:07 pm


"Hardy" <hardeep.parmar@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1117099885.139113.93700@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> It is possible that an exception is thrown before a join is called
> which results into d'tor of thread being called. Would it be prudent to
> call CloseHandle on thread handle while the thread could still be alive
> and running?

    Yes, if you no longer need a handle to the thread. You should close the 
handle as soon as you no longer need the handle. If you're going to create a 
thread and then just let it do its thing, you should close the handle 
immediately.

    DS

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