"Detaching" Threads

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_detach(pthread_t tid);

• threads are either joinable or detachable

• if a thread is detached, its termination cannot be tracked with pthread_join() … it becomes a daemon thread

#include <pthread.h>

pthread_t pthread_self(void);

• returns the thread ID of the thread which calls it

• often will see pthread_detach(pthread_self())

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