Boost Thread Hanging on _endthreadex
- by FranticPedantic
I think I am making a simple mistake, but since I noticed there are many boost experts here, I thought I would ask for help.
I am trying to use boost threads(1_40) on windows xp. The main program loads a dll, starts the thread like so (note this is not in a class, the static does not mean static to a class but private to the file).
static boost::thread network_thread;
network_start()
{
// do network stuff until quit is signaled
}
DllClass::InitInstance()
{
network_thread = boost::thread(boost::bind<void>(network_start));
}
DllClass::ExitInstance()
{
//signal quit (which works)
//the following code is slightly verbose because I'm trying to figure out what's wrong
try {
if (network_thread.joinable() ) {
network_thread.join();
} else {
TRACE("Too late!");
}
} catch (boost::thread_interrupted&) {
TRACE("NET INTERRUPTED");
}
}
The problem is that the main thread is hanging on the join, and the network thread is hanging at the end of _endthreadex. What am I misunderstanding?
