Added wxPGChoices::Copy(), tweaked related documentation

[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / thread.h

diff --git a/include/wx/thread.h b/include/wx/thread.h
index f595b3191e9a27a73c183dc5ffb492a7fb3ec358..999d4f91665f3dd1f7093d04b63c3686df3c78a5 100644 (file)
--- a/include/wx/thread.h
+++ b/include/wx/thread.h
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public:
         // does it!
         //
         // will fill the rc pointer with the thread exit code if it's !NULL
-    wxThreadError Delete(ExitCode *rc = (ExitCode *)NULL);
+    wxThreadError Delete(ExitCode *rc = NULL);
 
         // waits for a joinable thread to finish and returns its exit code
         //
@@ -633,11 +633,10 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxThreadHelper
 private:
     void KillThread()
     {
-        // If detached thread is about to finish, it will set
-        // m_thread to NULL so don't delete it then
-        // But if KillThread is called before detached thread
-        // sets it to NULL, then the thread object still
-        // exists and can be killed
+        // If wxThreadHelperThread is detached and is about to finish, it will
+        // set m_thread to NULL so don't delete it then.
+        // But if KillThread is called before wxThreadHelperThread (in detached mode)
+        // sets it to NULL, then the thread object still exists and can be killed
         wxCriticalSectionLocker locker(m_critSection);
 
         if ( m_thread )
@@ -659,12 +658,18 @@ public:
     // destructor deletes m_thread
     virtual ~wxThreadHelper() { KillThread(); }
 
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
+    wxDEPRECATED( wxThreadError Create(unsigned int stackSize = 0) );
+#endif
+
     // create a new thread (and optionally set the stack size on platforms that
     // support/need that), call Run() to start it
-    wxThreadError Create(unsigned int stackSize = 0)
+    wxThreadError CreateThread(wxThreadKind kind = wxTHREAD_JOINABLE,
+                               unsigned int stackSize = 0)
     {
         KillThread();
 
+        m_kind = kind;
         m_thread = new wxThreadHelperThread(*this, m_kind);
 
         return m_thread->Create(stackSize);
@@ -692,6 +697,11 @@ protected:
     friend class wxThreadHelperThread;
 };
 
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
+inline wxThreadError wxThreadHelper::Create(unsigned int stackSize)
+{ return CreateThread(m_kind, stackSize); }
+#endif
+
 // call Entry() in owner, put it down here to avoid circular declarations
 inline void *wxThreadHelperThread::Entry()
 {