The function cThread::Cancel() now only sets 'running' to false and does not actually kill the thread if the special value -1 is given

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/thread.h b/thread.h
index 341e87d0..6211e2c1 100644
--- a/thread.h
+++ b/thread.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.h 1.36 2006/01/08 11:40:23 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.h 1.37 2006/09/24 10:10:37 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __THREAD_H
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ protected:
        ///< the Action() loop can finish in an orderly fashion and then waiting
        ///< up to WaitSeconds seconds for the thread to actually end. If the
        ///< thread doesn't end by itself, it is killed.
+       ///< If WaitSeconds is -1, only 'running' is set to false and Cancel()
+       ///< returns immediately, without killing the thread.
 public:
   cThread(const char *Description = NULL);
        ///< Creates a new thread.