Re: PR_CreateThread -> PR_DestroyThread

"Mike Moening" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> "Benjamin Smedberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>> On 4/15/10 1:56 PM, Mike Moening wrote:
>>> If I use PR_CreateThread() and get back a PRThread*
>>> How and where it that pointer deleted once that thread dies.
>>> Seems we are missing an API:  PR_DestroyThread()
>>
>> You should never "destroy" a thread, because it may be holding a lock or 
>> doing some other synchronized activity. Instead you should signal the 
>> thread to exit (using a monitor or other thread signalling device). The 
>> main thread then waits for the thread to exit by calling PR_JoinThread. 
>> The thread exits by returning from the thread function.
>>
>> --BDS
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> Ok.... But seems that PR_JoinThread() doens't cleanup the PRThread* 
> either.
> Who does?
>
PR_JoinThread() actually does delete it. Weird pattern.