How to propagate an exception to the parent thread?
> Does anyone have or know of an approach to mixing threads with C++ > exception handling? Specifically, how to propagate an exception to the > parent thread. I can catch any exceptions thrown within a thread by way > of a try block in the entry function. The entry being a static class > member function. (I know, a “state of sin” wrt to C++ and C function > pointers, but it works.) Copying the exception to global (static or > free store) memory comes to mind. It was the original intention of the designers of the C++ language to allow one to throw/catch across thread boundaries. As far as I know the recently ratified ISO C++ standard makes no mention of threads whatsover. (The ISO C++ committee considered threads an OS and/or implementation, not a language issue. BTW please don’t send me a bunch of replies agreeing or disagreeing, I am not on the ISO committee, I am just reporting the facts. 😉 However, I am unaware of ANY compiler that implements the ability to throw/catch across thre
