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Subj : Re: thread destructor ala atexit()
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Frank Cusack
Date : Tue Aug 30 2005 04:12 pm

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:46:36 -0500 "Chris Thomasson" <_no_spam_cristom@no_spam_comcast._net> wrote:
> "Frank Cusack" <fcusack@fcusack.com> wrote in message 
> news:m2d5nvgrsp.fsf@maguro.savecore.net...
>> Is there anything like pthread_atexit() which would register a destructor
>> to be run when a thread terminates?  I have a module which plugs into an
>> existing framework.  I want to create a thread local variable in my 
>> module.
>> Initializing the variable allocates resources which must be destroyed upon
>> thread termination.
>>
>> But I don't control thread creation and destruction--that's handled within
>> the existing framework.
>>
>> I looked at cancellation but it doesn't seem like it will work.
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/pthread_key_create.html
>
> That should do exactly what you want. 

perfect.

-frank

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