Hello Mikko,

On Aug 17 22:04 96, Mikko Hyvarinen of 2:229/229.5 wrote:

 MH> stack = (char *) malloc(STACK_SIZE);
 MH> tid = _beginthread(child, stack, STACK_SIZE, args);

does WATCOM really require to pass a stack here? neither Borland nor IBM
require this. (only 16bit OS/2 compilers like MS-C6.0a require it, since
16bit DosCreateThread requires a stack pointer). 

 MH> ... do I have to free the stack myself or does the runtime 
 MH> library do it?

for the 16bit compilers you have to free the stack.

 MH> Question 2: Can I use the thread ID's returned by 
 MH> _beginthread with the OS/2 DosWaitThread call?

mh. if its not documented in your compilers doc you have to guess.
_beginthread is a function implemented by WatCom. this is not a standard
function. 

For IBM and Borland : you can use it. (so i would guess : yes).

 WARPED!, Mario

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