Re: [c++-pthreads] C++ and posix threads

[Jason Merrill <jason@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:03:14 -0500, Ted Baker <baker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How do you propose to modify read() to throw an exception and
> still have backwards compatability with applications that expect
> read() to always return (more specifically, to return -1 if it
> fails)?

read() already doesn't return if it's acting on a cancellation request.
Throwing an exception is just a different way of not returning.

Jason