How end/stop/destroy a thread

[zahid_ash]

A thread created by using AfxBeginThread(RUNTIME_CLASS(CClientHandler)); can be end/destroyed by using AfxEndThread(..) , would it be called from inside of same thread. If the AfxEndThread will end the thread then would the object created inside of that thread will also be destroyed? Thanks Regards.

[Cedric Moonen]

IMHO, the most cleaner way to exit a thread is simply to return from the thread. For example, if you have a loop within the thread, you can simply use a flag to signalate when the thread must exit. This flag can be set by another thread (by using thread-safe methods, like CCriticalSection).

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Cédric Moonen Software developer
Charting control

[Stephen Hewitt]

AfxEndThread must be called from within the thread you wish to stop. Steve

[zahid_ash]

would this stop release all the memory that the thread and its members objects have occupied Regards.

[_AnsHUMAN_]

A thread can be terminated in four ways: 1)The thread function returns. (This is highly recommended.) 2)The thread kills itself by calling the ExitThread function. (Avoid this method.) 3)A thread in the same or in another process calls the TerminateThread function. (Avoid this method.) 4)The process containing the thread terminates. (Avoid this method.) Option 1 ensures that all thread resources are cleaned up properly. Any and all C++ objects created in your thread function will be destroyed properly via their destructors. The operating system will properly free the memory used by the thread's stack. The system will set the thread's exit code (maintained in the thread's kernel object) to your thread function's return value. The system will decrement the usage count of the thread's kernel object. Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them. ;-) _AnShUmAn_

[David Crow]

See here.

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