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Diffstat (limited to 'base/platform_thread.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | base/platform_thread.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/base/platform_thread.h b/base/platform_thread.h index 542716b..1feb72d 100644 --- a/base/platform_thread.h +++ b/base/platform_thread.h @@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ #include "base/basictypes.h" -// PlatformThreadHandle should be a numeric type on all platforms, so it can -// be initialized to 0. However, 0 cannot be assumed to be an invalid handle. +// PlatformThreadHandle should not be assumed to be a numeric type, since the +// standard intends to allow pthread_t to be a structure. This means you +// should not initialize it to a value, like 0. If it's a member variable, the +// constructor can safely "value initialize" using () in the initializer list. #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef void* PlatformThreadHandle; // HANDLE #elif defined(OS_POSIX) |