terminate-thread 0.1.1

What is this?

It's just a simple terminatable thread implement with pthread for rust

But Why?

Sometimes, I need to terminate a blocked thread. There is no way to

do it with the standard std::thread without putting into some Sync thing.

How to use it?

[dependencies]
terminate-thread = "0.1.0"

use terminate_thread::Thread;

let thr = Thread::spawn(|| loop {
    // infinite loop in this thread
    println!("loop run");
    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
});

std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
// Just stop it
thr.terminate()

Not a good idea!

Terminate a running thread is ALWAYS A BAD IDEA!

The better way is to use something like std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool,

to give your thread a chance to return.

Tested Platform

• linux
• macos

It should work in any platform support pthread,

but the real world is sophisticated to make any promise.