[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] use pthreads for cache on cygwin

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 03:17:39PM -0800, David DeHaven wrote:
> > It is never used for pthread. It's always a good idea to svn up before
> > making patches.
> 
> No, I just made a bad assumption. I used it to make sure the thread  
> terminated properly in my implementation.

I know, I considered doing something like that. But the thing is, at
least on Windows there is (AFAICT) no way to forcibly terminate a thread without
leaking memory, and even everywhere else it is a bad idea.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger