This bug report was migrated from our old Bugzilla tracker.

These attachments are available in the static archive:

• Patch to gut SDL_KillThread(). (SDL-killthread-removal-RYAN1.diff, text/plain, 2006-10-28 21:09:05 +0000, 9750 bytes)

Reported in version: 2.0.0
Reported for operating system, platform: All, All

Comments on the original bug report:

On 2006-04-27 06:00:46 +0000, Sam Lantinga wrote:

In many operating systems and circumstances it's not safe to kill off a thread. We should remove this function from the API.

For discussion: Should we provide an API for thread cancellation points?

On 2006-10-28 21:09:05 +0000, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

Created attachment 175
Patch to gut SDL_KillThread().

This patch makes SDL_KillThread() a no-op, removes it from all the platform backends, and updates the comments in SDL_thread.h.

--ryan.

On 2006-10-28 21:10:02 +0000, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

Tossing to Sam: commit the patch if you like it, please.

--ryan.

On 2008-11-23 20:52:47 +0000, Sam Lantinga wrote:

Committed revision 4125.