namespace {
- // Helpers to launch a thread after creation and joining before delete. Must be
- // outside Thread c'tor and d'tor because the object must be fully initialized
+ // Helpers to launch a thread after creation and joining before delete. Outside the
+ // Thread constructor and destructor because the object must be fully initialized
// when start_routine (and hence virtual idle_loop) is called and when joining.
template<typename T> T* new_thread() {
}
-// Thread c'tor makes some init but does not launch any execution thread that
-// will be started only when c'tor returns.
+// Thread constructor makes some init but does not launch any execution thread,
+// which will be started only when the constructor returns.
Thread::Thread() {
// ThreadPool::init() is called at startup to create and launch requested threads,
-// that will go immediately to sleep. We cannot use a c'tor because Threads is a
-// static object and we need a fully initialized engine at this point due to
-// allocation of Endgames in Thread c'tor.
+// that will go immediately to sleep. We cannot use a constructor because Threads
+// is a static object and we need a fully initialized engine at this point due to
+// allocation of Endgames in the Thread constructor.
void ThreadPool::init() {
// ThreadPool::exit() terminates the threads before the program exits. Cannot be
-// done in d'tor because threads must be terminated before freeing us.
+// done in destructor because threads must be terminated before freeing us.
void ThreadPool::exit() {