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Re: Clarification for interface specification "C11 threads.h"

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Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> writes:
>> The main difference is really the starting point of this discussion,
>> the differing function types for threads. And this one is well
>> justified from the POV of C, int is the type that you'd have
>> to expect as a return from a thread, just as main returns an int
>> to the environment.
>> 
>> On my page for possible defects/improvements for C
>
> I am curious if you will get feedback by standardisation committee
> members for your descriptions.
> http://p99.gforge.inria.fr/defects-and-improvements/DR-underspecified-thread-functions.html
>
> Did you forward any of them to an "official" communication channel?
[...]

Posting to comp.std.c is *slightly* more likely to get the committee's
attention than posting to comp.lang.c.  The committee has no official
relationship with either newsgroup, but comp.std.c has lower traffic and
is likely to have more commmittee members reading it.

-- 
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    Will write code for food.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
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Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org> - 2012-09-27 03:38 +0000
  Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-26 20:50 -0700
    Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org> - 2012-09-27 04:15 +0000
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Lorenzo Beretta <lory.fulgi@infinito.it> - 2012-09-27 16:35 +0200
        Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org> - 2012-09-27 15:58 +0000
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Lorenzo Beretta <lory.fulgi@infinito.it> - 2012-09-27 18:27 +0200
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-09-28 12:08 -0700
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-09-28 19:38 +0000
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-28 15:50 -0400
            Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Lorenzo Beretta <lory.fulgi@infinito.it> - 2012-09-29 18:41 +0200
  Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-09-27 13:45 +0200
    Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org> - 2012-09-27 16:14 +0000
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-09-28 12:05 +0200
        Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-28 03:39 -0700
        Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-09-28 08:23 -0400
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org> - 2012-09-28 19:48 +0000
    Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Toby Douglass <a@b.com> - 2012-10-01 20:19 +0200
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-01 14:37 -0400
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-10-01 14:38 -0400
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-01 14:58 -0700
  Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-09-28 20:22 +0200
    Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-09-30 23:13 +0200
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-30 14:28 -0700
        Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-01 00:37 +0200
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-01 00:44 +0200
            Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-30 19:48 -0400
              Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-01 08:26 +0200
          Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-10-01 11:25 +0200
            Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-01 11:47 +0200
              Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-10-01 12:05 +0200
                Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-01 13:15 +0200
                Clarification for interface specification "C11 threads.h" Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-10-03 11:02 +0200
                Re: Clarification for interface specification "C11 threads.h" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-03 13:29 -0700
                Re: Clarification for interface specification "C11 threads.h" Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-04 13:35 +0200
                Re: Clarification for interface specification "C11 threads.h" Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-10-12 17:45 +0200
                Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2012-10-01 18:10 +0200
              Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2012-10-01 19:28 +0000
              Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-10-01 15:19 -0700
                Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-10-01 23:57 +0000
      Re: Trivial C11 threads.h wrapper (public domain) Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-10-02 14:48 +0200

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