Re: Creating Threads

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Creating Threads
Date	2016-05-10 08:54 -0700
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janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> writes:
> What is the difference between the below options?
>
> options (1)
> pthread_t con;
>  for (i = 0; i < WAFER_THREADS; i++) {
>         pthread_create(&con, NULL, &worker_thread, fifo);
> }
>
>
> options (2)
> pthread_t con[WAFER_THREADS];
>  for (i = 0; i < WAFER_THREADS; i++) {
>         pthread_create(&con[i], NULL, &worker_thread, fifo);
> }

pthread_t is defined by POSIX, not by C.  I suggest asking in
comp.unix.programmer or comp.programming.threads (I don't know
whether the latter is still active).

C11 has optional threading support, similar to POSIX threads.
If you wanted to ask about that, this would be the right place.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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      Re: Standards <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2016-05-12 12:33 -0700
  Re: Creating Threads Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-05-10 08:54 -0700

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