Re: What is so bad aboud Thread.stop() ?
On 8/1/2013 7:16 PM, taqmcg@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, August 1, 2013 6:15:23 PM UTC-4, Steven Simpson wrote:
On 01/08/13 22:07, Lew wrote:
usvirtualo...@gmail.com wrote:
Lew wrote:
Who will catch the exception?
The code being stopped. E.g., I could have my thread defined
in a class Z like:
class Z implements Runnable { public void run() { try { ...
code } catch (ThreadDeath e) {
Since this catch is in the same thread that just died, it cannot
run.
Are you saying that this won't print out "Dead"?
....
I get:
Stopping Dead
It's interesting that even one as well versed in Java as Lew seems to
misunderstand how Thread.stop works. An (admittedly
non-authoritative) explanation is available at
http://vanillajava.blogspot.com/2011/06/threadstop-really-stop-thread.html.
I think Lew shares the apprehension I had had that it does something
magical and brings the thread down instantly, it seems clear that its
behavior is dangerous but bounded.
Lew is an experienced programmer.
He would never waste hours investigating something that is
known to be a bad solution from the beginning.
Arne
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