[cpp-threads] Asynchronous Function Proposal

[Beman Dawes]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Peter Dimov <pdimov at mmltd.net> wrote:
> Beman Dawes:
>>
>> As Herb pointed out, this makes it look like we have serious problems with
>> the current future interface and/or the current thread interface. I very
>> much want to hear what Howard, Anthony, and others with a deep understanding
>> of standard library threads/futures/promises have to say about these issues.
>
> I've pointed out many times that the thread class needs "proper" join
> semantics, including try_join and timed_join.

Could someone please refresh my memory as to why try_join and
timed_join were not included? Was it a lack of motivating use cases?

--Beman