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Farid Zaripov wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin Sebor [mailto:msebor@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Martin Sebor
>> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:15 PM
>> To: stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r559890 - 
>> /incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/src/thread.cpp
>>
>> faridz@apache.org wrote:
>>> Author: faridz
>>> Date: Thu Jul 26 10:23:23 2007
>>> New Revision: 559890
>>>
>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=559890
>>> Log:
>>> 2007-07-26 Farid Zaripov <Farid_Zaripov@epam.com>
>>>
>>> 	* thread.cpp (rw_thread_create) [_WIN32]: Use 
>> _beginthreadex() instead of CreateThread().
>>
>> What are the advantages of calling _beginthreadex() instead 
>> of CreateThread? I ask because I thought that 
>> _beginthreadex() was implemented in terms of CreateThread().
> 
> 
>   The _beginthreadex() allocates and initializes the thread local
> data before invoking the user thread function, and frees that data
> after return from user thread function.
> 
>>>From MSDN:
> ----------
> A thread in an executable that calls the C run-time library (CRT)
> should use the _beginthread and _endthread functions for thread
> management rather than CreateThread and ExitThread; this requires
> the use of the multi-threaded version of the CRT.
> ----------

Wow, that sounds pretty important! I can't find this statement
on the _beginthread() page though (below). Do you have a link?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdzttdcb(VS.80).aspx

Martin