[Bug c++/42198] [C++0x] Using std::thread without -pthread causes immediate crash

[redi at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #1 from redi at gcc dot gnu dot org  2009-11-27 18:31 -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> 
> Perhaps -pthread should be implied by -std=c++0x/-std=gnu++0x? (Except at least
> nominally one could use std::thread with DCE or Solaris threads, so is -pthread
> right anyway?)

-pthread is target-specific, there's no single switch that says "use threads"
for all platforms. Some need no switch at all, others have platform-specific
switches, and it may depends on the threading model selected at configure time
with --enable-threads 

> At least an assert() failure or (preferably) a compile-time error would be
> nice;

Agreed


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                 CC|                            |redi at gcc dot gnu dot org
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever Confirmed|0                           |1
   Last reconfirmed|0000-00-00 00:00:00         |2009-11-27 18:31:21
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42198