On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:51 PM, K. Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All - > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:34 AM, John E. / TDM <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 8/25/2010 5:29 AM, Earnie wrote: >>> John E. / TDM wrote: >>>> * Every C++ program would require the pthreads-w32 DLL to be >>>> distributed with it. >>> ... >>> Why not code pthreads to use Windows gthreads? It would get wider >>> acceptance in GCC if the library normally used for threading with GCC >>> is used for the implementation. >> >> "gthreads" is just a few source files in GCC that create a >> platform-independent interface for GCC's threading functions. It wraps >> pthreads on POSIX platforms, and WinAPI threads on Windows. >> > > This is speculation, and/or an ignorant question on my part... > > If "gthreads" already wraps windows threads (per John), and gcc's > std::thread is implemented using gthreads (speculation due to the > "#if defined(_GLIBCXX_HAS_GTHREADS)" wrapper in gcc's thread > header file), then perhaps it would be relatively straightforward to try > to get std::thread working with mingw gcc.
This might help: http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/trunk/gcc/gthr-win32.h?view=markup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
