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Diffstat (limited to 'ace/Task.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | ace/Task.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ace/Task.h b/ace/Task.h index 28e02dc6bb9..c87168175af 100644 --- a/ace/Task.h +++ b/ace/Task.h @@ -155,12 +155,19 @@ public: * handles being spawned. Returns -1 on failure (<errno> will * explain...), otherwise returns the group id of the threads. * + * Assigning <task> allows you to associate the newly spwaned + * threads with an instance of ACE_Task_Base. If <task> == 0, then + * the new threads are automatically with <this> ACE_Task_Base. + * Setting the <task> argument to value other than <this> make the + * thread manipulating functions, like wait(), suspend(), resume() + * useless. Threads spawned with user specified <task> value must + * be manipulated thru ACE_Thread_Manager directly. + * * If <stack> != 0 it is assumed to be an array of <n> pointers to * the base of the stacks to use for the threads being spawned. * Likewise, if <stack_size> != 0 it is assumed to be an array of * <n> values indicating how big each of the corresponding <stack>s - * are. - */ + * are. */ virtual int activate (long flags = THR_NEW_LWP | THR_JOINABLE, int n_threads = 1, int force_active = 0, |