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List:       glibc-alpha
Subject:    Re: pthread_clear_exit_np()
From:       Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl () lkcl ! net>
Date:       2006-04-22 2:00:55
Message-ID: 20060422020055.GC11620 () lkcl ! net
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:19:51AM +1000, Luke Howard wrote:
> 
> Roland,
> 
> >Have you considered instead using standard features as specified in POSIX
> >since around 1996?  What's your plan for other POSIX systems, such as Solaris?
> >If you don't want to cancel threads as cancellation is defined by POSIX,
> >then why use cancellation instead of another mechanism that matches your needs?
> 
> This is a fair point. The primary reason is that refactoring the DCE code to
> not depend on catchable cancellations would be a significant effort. That of
> course is a commercial decision that we have made as a vendor and we are
> thus prepared to live with the consequences.
 
 ... i like your answer better than mine: i'm doing my usual thing of
 being totally undiplomatic :)

 l.

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