[cpp-threads] Asynchronous Execution Issues

[Boehm, Hans]

> From:  Oliver Kowalke
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently implementing a library (boost.task formaly known as
> boost.threadpool) which implements this kind of functionality.
> 
> - second item:
> launch_in_thread() (== std::caching_async()) returns a handle 
> object which contain a smart pointer of boost::thread 
> (==std::thread). If the last instance of this handle gets out 
> of scope the custom destructor of smart pointer calls 
> thread::join() on the thread object (releasing the thread).
> BTW handle allows to interrupt the task executed by the 
> thread and works as a async completion token (contains a 
> future and exposes this interface).
> 
I'm not sure I fully understand this, but it sounds like it has potential, if you could get limited reuse of threads while still bounding the lifetime of thread_locals.

Hans