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().

Martin

> 
> Modified:
>     incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/src/thread.cpp
> 
> Modified: incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/src/thread.cpp
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/src/thread.cpp?view=diff&rev=559890&r1=559889&r2=559890
> ==============================================================================
> --- incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/src/thread.cpp (original)
> +++ incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/src/thread.cpp Thu Jul 26 10:23:23 2007
> @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
>  #ifndef _WIN32
>  #  include <stdio.h>      // for FILE, fscanf(), popen()
>  #  include <unistd.h>     // for sysconf(), _SC_NPROCESSORS_{CONF,ONLN}
> -#else    // _WIN32
> -#  include <windows.h>    // for GetSystemInfo()
>  #endif   // _WIN32
>  
>  /**************************************************************************/
> @@ -241,7 +239,8 @@
>  /**************************************************************************/
>  
>  #elif defined (_WIN32) || defined (_WIN64)
> -#  include <windows.h>
> +#  include <windows.h>    // for GetSystemInfo()
> +#  include <process.h>    // for _beginthreadex()
>  
>  extern "C" {
>  
> @@ -258,34 +257,33 @@
>      if (0 == thr_id)
>          thr_id = &tmpid;
>  
> -    DWORD nid;   // numerical id
> -
> -    typedef DWORD ThreadProc (LPVOID);
> +    unsigned nid;   // numerical id
>  
> -    LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE win32_thr_proc =
> -        _RWSTD_REINTERPRET_CAST (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE, thr_proc);
> +    typedef unsigned int (__stdcall *win32_thr_proc_t)(void *);
> +    win32_thr_proc_t win32_thr_proc =
> +        _RWSTD_REINTERPRET_CAST (win32_thr_proc_t, thr_proc);
>  
>      // set the thread number *before* creating the thread
>      // so that it's visible in thr_proc when it starts to
>      // run even before CreateThread returns
>      thr_id->threadno = maxthreads;
>  
> -    const HANDLE hthread =
> -        CreateThread (0,                // lpThreadAttributes
> -                      0,                // dwStackSize
> -                      win32_thr_proc,   // lpStartAddress
> -                      thr_arg,          // lpParameter
> -                      0,                // dwCreationFlags
> -                      &nid);            // lpThreadId
> +    const uintptr_t hthread =
> +        _beginthreadex (0,                // lpThreadAttributes
> +                        0,                // dwStackSize
> +                        win32_thr_proc,   // lpStartAddress
> +                        thr_arg,          // lpParameter
> +                        0,                // dwCreationFlags
> +                        &nid);            // lpThreadId
>  
> -    if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == hthread) {
> +    if (!hthread) {
>          thr_id->id     = -1;
>          thr_id->handle = 0;
>          result         = -1;
>      }
>      else {
>          thr_id->id     = nid;
> -        thr_id->handle = hthread;
> +        thr_id->handle = _RWSTD_REINTERPRET_CAST (void*, hthread);
>          ++maxthreads;
>      }
>  
> 
> 
>