Unix Programming - Re: How to print out thread id from pthread

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Re: How to print out thread id from pthread_t

Golden California Girls

2007-06-23, 4:15 am

Eric Sosman wrote:
> Frank Cusack wrote On 06/18/07 12:28,:
>
> And even that won't always work: pthread_t is *really*
> opaque, and need not be a type to which a cast operator can
> be applied. On at least one implementation, pthread_t is
> a struct.
>

Isn't that actually a pointer to a struct?

Ian Collins

2007-06-23, 4:15 am

Golden California Girls wrote:
> Eric Sosman wrote:
> Isn't that actually a pointer to a struct?
>
It might be on some systems, but the point is it is an opaque type, so
it can be anything.

--
Ian Collins.

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