Re: help closing handle of thread
There is no need to wait until the thread exits. You can CloseHandle as
soon as you have no need for the handle - even immediately after creating
the thread. Closing the handle does not affect the thread.
"Jeova Almeida" <jeovaalmeida@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u3K4JjhBKHA.4984@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Hello,
My main thread is creating a work thread (using CreateThread API).
If I use (in the main thread)
WaitForSingleObject(hThread);
CloseHandle(hThread);
Everything is fine.
But I can't use WaitForSingleObject, since it will make my thread act
synchronously, so that the main thread will stop executing until the
thread finishes.
Question:
a) What happens if I don't close the handle of the thread? It is only the
resource the OS hold for it that is not freed?
b) How would I close the handle of the thread without waiting for it to
finish (WaitForSingleObject)? I don't know how long it will last.
(in this particular project I don't use MFC, so I cannot use
AfxBeginThread)
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