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   From: no.spam.here@its.invalid   
      
   On 10/15/2011 5:18 AM, Camilo Bravo Valdés wrote:   
   > Hello.   
   >   
   > I have read that some Windows API functions like ExitThread() do not   
   > call the destructors of classes. Is this true? Is then useless to   
   > follow the RAII principle when working with the Windows API? Are there   
   > "safer" versions of this function?   
   > { OS independant replies only please - mod}   
   >   
      
   I think this is common to all threading API's.  C++11 may fix this,   
   but if you're using an C++03 compiler, try defining a special exception,   
   and catch it only in the top level thread function.  The exception   
   propagation will call your destructors and then when you exit the top   
   level thread function, the thread will terminate.   
      
      
   struct TerminateThread {   
     int const exit_code;   
     TerminateThread(int x) : exit_code(x) { }   
   };   
      
   int thread_function()   
   {   
      try {   
          // do stuff   
          // exit normally   
      }   
      catch (TerminateThread e) {   
          return e.exit_code;   
      }   
   }   
      
      
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