On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 5:00 AM, Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected]>
wrote:
> rexxpg.pdf states in "8.16.170. Terminate": "Terminates the current Rexx
> interpreter instance. Terminate() may only be called from the thread
> context that originally created the interpreter instance. This call will
> wait for all threads to complete processing before returning."
>
> - Question 1: Why is it necessary to call Terminate() in the thread
> that created it?
>
> Because that's the say it works. That is the main thread of the instance.
It waits for all of the other threads to complete and then cleans up.
>
>
>
> - Question 2: Once Terminate() was invoked and returns, is it allowed
> to use that Rexx instance afterwards? (Currently it is possible to do so.)
>
> No, because you've terminated it. All of the resources have been cleaned
up, including the initial ThreadContext(). That's the point of Terminate().
Rick
>
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> ---rony
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