On Jul 17 22:26, Mark Geisert wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > I like the name, but what's the background for naming a thread like this? > > Just curious. A bit of comment might help to keep it in mind, too :) > > I've now added commentary above the pthread_create() call. It reads: > /* A "vaquita" thread is a temporary pthread created to deliver a signal to > * the application. We don't wait around for the thread to return from the > * app. There's some symbolism here of sending a little creature off to > tell > * the app something important. If all the vaquitas end up wiped out in the > * wild, a distinct near-term possibility, at least this code remembers > them. > */ > > If all this vaquita stuff is deemed too precious for industrial-grade > software I can recast this code in more professional terms and wouldn't mind > doing it.
Nope, keep it. It's nice. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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