MB> Is a tid the result returned by _beginthread() or the
tib->tib_ptib2->pib2_ultid ? Or can it only be 
 MB> obtained by using DosCreateThread instead of 
 MB> _beginthread ?

Both _beginthread() and DosCreateThread() return the same value: a TID. The
other value you mention is the currently active thread.


 MB> The reason I ask, is that DosWaitThread doesn't seem
 MB> to be waiting for a thread to exit in the first two 
 MB> cases, and I don't really want to recode just to test 
 MB> the third....


DosWaitThread() and DosKillThread() were thrown in there just to placate
some magazine writer who said OS/2 wasn't as good as NT because these
"important" apis were missing.  They were missing because OS/2
was designed right the first time (and it turns out these extra baggage
APIs don't work all that well anyway).

I've never used either.  Use semaphores instead;  you have much more
control.  This makes even more difference under Merlin (or with the SIQ
fix),  since the system may start a thread behind your back (so you may get
a DosWaitThread() notification from a thread you were not expecting)




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