Hi Jonathan! (Again, cross-posted to mingw.)
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Jonathan Wakely <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 May 2012 18:35, K. Frank wrote: >> Hello Ruben and Gabriel! > > N.B. I'm not on the mingw lists, so please keep me CC'd if you want > responses or any help from me in enhancing libstdc++ to work better on > Windows. (Done.) >> And my P.S.: As I mentioned in my earlier post, I have been using Ruben's >> <thread>-enabled build, and it passes all of my tests. So the approach of >> sticking with the winpthreads implementation of <thread> and directing >> any available manpower to fixing and/or improving it rather than to building >> a separate implementation seems on the surface sensible. > > The C++11 thread library exposes native OS handle via the > "native_handle()" member functions. A <thread> implementation based > on Windows thread primitives would allow mixing std::thread with > WaitForMultipleObjects, which may be preferable to people who want to > use mingw's std::thread and combine it with their own code. Okay, that's fair. If you want to mix <thread> with native windows threads, then a "native" implementation for <thread> makes sense. Conversely, if you want to mix <thread> with pthreads, then a pthreads implementation for <thread> makes sense. Me, I just want to use <thread>, so either way, I don't really care. (But that's just me.) > ... > I guess that's a decision for the mingw maintainers. Yes, absolutely. As far as I can tell, mingw and mingw-w64 are the main windows-based "consumers" of gcc. So it's really up to them as to what support they would like to see incorporated upstream. So, mingw and mingw-w64 guys, please chime in! > If however, users want --enable-threads=win32, then my first > suggestion seems like a reasonable way to give them a better > experience than they have today. Thanks very much for your thoughts and feedback. K. Frank ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
