Re: POSIX thread in cocoa project

FROM : A.M.
DATE : Sat Feb 23 18:22:09 2008

On Feb 23, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Luca Ciciriello wrote:

>
> Hi All.
>
> I've added to a cocoa project a .cpp file. In this file I've 
> implemented a multithreading system using POSIX. Now, from my cocoa 
> app's window I can use the functionality of the new added cpp file 
> (using a .mm file as interface).
> The problem is that I'm able to create a detached thread with the 
> POSIX pthread_create, but I can't cancel the thread using the 
> function pthread_cancel. The return code of this function is 0 (the 
> function is executed without errors), but the specified thread 
> doesn't end.
>
> I'm using Xcode 2.5 on Mac OS 10.4.11



http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-kernel/2004/Jan/msg00032.html

Note that additional cancellation points were added in 10.5.

-M