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to: Mikko Hyvarinen
from: Thomas Seeling
date: 1996-08-20 12:06:50
subject: OS/2, Watcom 10.0, threads & stacks

Hallo, Mikko!

*** Am 17. August 1996 um 22:04 schrieb Mikko Hyvarinen an All:

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

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

You don't have to allocate memory for the stack yourself, just provide the
stacksize and send a NULL as stack pointer.

 MH> Question 2: Can I use the thread ID's returned by _beginthread with the
 MH> OS/2 DosWaitThread call?
That's what they are intended for.


Tschau...Thomas

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