User:Kr/A Thread's Life/Library Example with SAL
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SAL Thread Issues:
- Missing pendant to "pthread_exit" / "ExitThread" and therefore also missing clean-up handlers etc.
- Less capable cancellation mechanism compared to "pthread_cancel"
- Different semantic of UNIX and Win32 implementations
- Problematic "pthread_detach" in UNIX usage, likely leading to races if trying to join a thread.
- Problematic "CloseHandle" in Win32 usage, only easily possible to create "detached" (daemon) threads if calling "osl_destroyThread" from within the new thread.
RFE:
- Reliable thread cancellation mechanism ...
- Result setting function. Needed in multi-thread keeping process alive scenario.
- Passing of the "oslThread" object to the worker function, otherwise it must be explicitly passed with help of conditions etc.
