[En-Nut-Discussion] Killing Threads

Harald Kipp harald.kipp at egnite.de
Mon Dec 15 09:35:02 CET 2003


Hi Ralph,

Yes, it's useful for me too, I'll commit it today.

Harald

At 10:41 15.12.2003 +1300, you wrote:
>Some time ago I submitted a 'KillThread' routine.
>
>I wonder if there is a chance of this making it into general release.  I 
>find it quite useful and use it quite extensively.
>
>It could probably do with a little more work to push the kill thread 
>routine as on the stack before the thread entry point is called so that a 
>thread that exits it's entry point will end (although that is probably a 
>matter for discussion as it will cost stack space for that and for 
>pointless saving of registers in the entry point)
>
>Would it be useful to anyone else?
>
>
>
>Ralph




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