On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Heiko Harders <heiko.harders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > (first of all: sorry to post this message to a second list, I've sent it to > the wrong list at first) > > I am using g++ in MinGW-w64 running in a Windows environment. I'm especially > interested in the c++0x threads because it allows standard cross-platform > multi-threading. > > Unfortunately I didn't get this to work (using a very recent Mingw-w64 > snapshot that uses gcc 4.5.0). I did some research and I think I found out > why. Perhaps somebody on this list could confirm this and/or answer some of > the questions I have about the win32 threading model. > > First of all, the c++0x threads don't seem to work because in the `thread' > header file the file `gthr.h' is included, which includes in turn some > threading model specific files (like `gthr_posix.h'). While the header > `gthr_win32.h' does exist, it is not included from `gthr.h'. The comments in > `gthr.h' further mention support for several threading models, but the win32 > threading model is not amongst these. Am I looking in the right direction > for reasons why the c++0x threads do not work with the win32 threading > model? > > If the above is correct: is support for win32 c++0x threads being worked on > at the moment? If that is the case, any indication when it will be in a > usable state? What must be undertaken to implement this support? > > I hope somebody can give me some insight in these questions. > > Regards, > Heiko > Adding Kai and gcc-help to this email.
