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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:59:07 -0700
From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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Russ Cox wrote:

>>What if there is a need for active threads to complete
>>the assigned tasks?
> 
> 
> Then you should fix the memory or process leaks.
> 
> Russ


what if your create failed due to some other process having the process 
leak, and you'd like your process, which has done nothing wrong, to get 
out of the mess cleanly?

ron