On 18.05.2017 11:46, Rick McGuire wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 5:00 AM, Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected]
> <mailto:[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().
Thank you!
---rony
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