From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA13562; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:25:46 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA13451 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:25:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.23]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g96BPhD02398 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:25:45 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3D760D08011E1CE7; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:25:43 +0200 Received: from iliana (81.48.237.8) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3D80120800E3CD40; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:25:43 +0200 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 17y9gd-0000QW-00; Sun, 06 Oct 2002 13:35:03 +0200 Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:35:03 +0200 To: nadji@noos.fr Cc: "caml-list@inria.fr" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Native Threads Message-ID: <20021006113502.GA1636@iliana> References: <3DA01AAF.14FD242C@noos.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DA01AAF.14FD242C@noos.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sven LUTHER Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:12:47PM +0200, nadji@noos.fr wrote: > Hi, > > I've just been playing with threads and I noticed at execution > time that Thread.kill is not implemented by the posix-compiled > version of the library. I used this flag because I thought that > it would be faster (please correct me if I'm wrong), and there > was no mention that Thread.kill would not be implemented. > By looking at the sources, I learned that the reason is > "problems with cleanup handlers on several platforms". > That's fine with me, but I would like to compile my > program :) Or at least a more proeminent note on this in the documentation. I don't think it is acceptable to have to look at the source to discover that a documented function is just not available. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners