[omniORB] Memory management for detached omni threads

[Duncan Grisby]

On Thu, 2025-03-13 at 21:01 +0100, Thomas Braun via omniORB-list wrote:


>  auto *th = new DelayedEventSubThread(...);
>  th->start();
>  // th goes out of scope
> 
> with the declaration
> 
>   class DelayedEventSubThread : public omni_thread
>   {
>     public:
>       DelayedEventSubThread(...);
> 
>       void run(void *) override;
> 
>     // ...
>   }
> 
> Now from my reading of [1] I'd say that this is a detached omni
> thread,right?

Yes.

> But what I don't understand is why this does not leak memory?

Because when the thread exits, the omni_thread object is deleted.

Duncan.


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