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Bug 205

Summary: Remove SDL_KillThread()
Product: SDL Reporter: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Component: threadAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: API change    
Priority: P2    
Version: 2.0.0   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Attachments: Patch to gut SDL_KillThread().

Description Sam Lantinga 2006-04-27 06:00:46 UTC 
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?
Comment 1 Ryan C. Gordon 2006-10-28 21:09:05 UTC 
Created attachment 175 [details]
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.
Comment 2 Ryan C. Gordon 2006-10-28 21:10:02 UTC 
Tossing to Sam: commit the patch if you like it, please.

--ryan.
Comment 3 Sam Lantinga 2008-11-23 20:52:47 UTC 
Committed revision 4125.