PR>         How can I terminate a thread that main() has created when main 
 PR> exits. Well that's the theme, here's the situation. 
 PR> I'm in a method that's updating mouse 
 PR> coordinates/button flags of my mouse class. I'm using 
 PR> blocking reads of the mouse driver. When my main 
 PR> decides to exit I want to be able to exit the 
 PR> mouse.Update() thread gracefully.

You have just found the flaw in the Mou api.  Other's have been there
before, and AFAIK,  know one has found a solution.

Just forget about the grace,  and let thread 1 die (which will kill the
other threads).


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