A question about the precompiler directive __PTHREADS__

[George2]

Hi, everyone!

Where is the the precompiler directive __PTHREADS__ defined?
Defined in compiler? What is the meaning and function of
the precompiler directive __PTHREADS__?

Thanks in advance,
George

[PaulWendt]

pthreads is a thread library on unix. Do a search through all
header files you're #include'ing to see where it's #define'd [like
I've told you in two other posts].

[George2]

Thanks PaulWendt pal!

Does Windows use pthreads library?
If I am using Windows version of the project, can
I passby the codes has something to do with pthreads?

Cheers,
Geroge

[PaulWendt]

I am pretty sure that Microsoft hasn't implemented a pthread API
as part of their C-runtime so you'll either need to modify the code
or try to see if there is a version of pthreads for windows.
There MAY be a version of pthreads that has been implemented
on Windows; you'd have to do a search on the internet to see.
Basically, pthreads will do the same thing as native WIN32 API
threads ... but all of the function calls will be different.

[PaulWendt]

I guess someone has ported pthreads to WIN32; I'd guess that
it's just a wrapper around the WIN32 API. Here's a link:
http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/

--Paul

[George2]

Thanks!

George

Originally posted by PaulWendt
I am pretty sure that Microsoft hasn't implemented a pthread API
as part of their C-runtime so you'll either need to modify the code
or try to see if there is a version of pthreads for windows.
There MAY be a version of pthreads that has been implemented
on Windows; you'd have to do a search on the internet to see.
Basically, pthreads will do the same thing as native WIN32 API
threads ... but all of the function calls will be different.