From 0ea5641df42858833cb9c865e3dce21e8faa461d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: heinrich5991 <heinrich5991@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 15:48:09 +0200
Subject: adding thread_detach to system.h and system.c

---
 src/base/system.c | 11 +++++++++++
 src/base/system.h | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/base/system.c b/src/base/system.c
index 9cc7f690..2f4c5c7b 100644
--- a/src/base/system.c
+++ b/src/base/system.c
@@ -408,6 +408,17 @@ void thread_sleep(int milliseconds)
 #endif
 }
 
+void thread_detach(void *thread)
+{
+#if defined(CONF_FAMILY_UNIX)
+	pthread_detach((pthread_t)(thread));
+#elif defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
+	CloseHandle(thread);
+#else
+	#error not implemented
+#endif
+}
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/base/system.h b/src/base/system.h
index a486b89d..aab71bff 100644
--- a/src/base/system.h
+++ b/src/base/system.h
@@ -367,6 +367,16 @@ void thread_destroy(void *thread);
 */
 void thread_yield();
 
+/*
+	Function: thread_detach
+		Puts the thread in the detached thread, guaranteeing that
+		resources of the thread will be freed immediately when the
+		thread terminates.
+
+	Parameters:
+		thread - Thread to detach
+*/
+void thread_detach(void *thread);
 
 /* Group: Locks */
 typedef void* LOCK;
-- 
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