Chapter 3 describes thread disciplines and coding issues you may face when writing a multithreaded program. Chapter 4 addresses writing thread-safe libraries. Chapter 5 introduces and provides conventions for the modular use of the DECthreads exception package. Chapter 6 contains an example demonstrating how to call DECthreads routines from a C language program. This part provides detailed reference information on each pthread interface routine.
Routine descriptions appear in alphabetical order by routine name.
This part provides detailed reference information on each tis interface routine. Routine descriptions appear in alphabetical order by routine name. Appendix B discusses DECthreads issues and restrictions specific to OpenVMS systems. Appendix C discusses DECthreads issues and restrictions specific to the Microsoft Win32 interfaces on Windows NT systems. Appendix D discusses debugging issues for a multithreaded program that uses DECthreads.