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 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#ifdef __GNUG__
-    #pragma implementation "thread.h"
-#endif
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // headers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     #pragma hdrstop
 #endif
 
+#if wxUSE_THREADS
+
+#include "wx/thread.h"
+
 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
-#    include "wx/wx.h"
+    #include "wx/intl.h"
+    #include "wx/app.h"
+    #include "wx/module.h"
 #endif
 
-#if wxUSE_THREADS
+#include "wx/apptrait.h"
+#include "wx/scopeguard.h"
 
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
+#include "wx/msw/missing.h"
+#include "wx/msw/seh.h"
 
-#include "wx/module.h"
-#include "wx/thread.h"
+#include "wx/except.h"
 
 // must have this symbol defined to get _beginthread/_endthread declarations
 #ifndef _MT
     (defined(__GNUG__) && defined(__MSVCRT__)) || \
     defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(__MWERKS__)
 
+#ifndef __WXWINCE__
     #undef wxUSE_BEGIN_THREAD
     #define wxUSE_BEGIN_THREAD
 #endif
 
+#endif
+
 #ifdef wxUSE_BEGIN_THREAD
     // this is where _beginthreadex() is declared
     #include <process.h>
 
-    // the return type of the thread function entry point
+    // the return type of the thread function entry point: notice that this
+    // type can't hold a pointer under Win64
     typedef unsigned THREAD_RETVAL;
 
     // the calling convention of the thread function entry point
@@ -79,6 +87,8 @@
     #define THREAD_CALLCONV WINAPI
 #endif
 
+static const THREAD_RETVAL THREAD_ERROR_EXIT = (THREAD_RETVAL)-1;
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // constants
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -103,10 +113,10 @@ static DWORD gs_tlsThisThread = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 
 // id of the main thread - the one which can call GUI functions without first
 // calling wxMutexGuiEnter()
-static DWORD gs_idMainThread = 0;
+wxThreadIdType wxThread::ms_idMainThread = 0;
 
-// if it's FALSE, some secondary thread is holding the GUI lock
-static bool gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread = TRUE;
+// if it's false, some secondary thread is holding the GUI lock
+static bool gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread = true;
 
 // critical section which controls access to all GUI functions: any secondary
 // thread (i.e. except the main one) must enter this crit section before doing
@@ -116,11 +126,16 @@ static wxCriticalSection *gs_critsectGui = NULL;
 // critical section which protects gs_nWaitingForGui variable
 static wxCriticalSection *gs_critsectWaitingForGui = NULL;
 
+// critical section which serializes WinThreadStart() and WaitForTerminate()
+// (this is a potential bottleneck, we use a single crit sect for all threads
+// in the system, but normally time spent inside it should be quite short)
+static wxCriticalSection *gs_critsectThreadDelete = NULL;
+
 // number of threads waiting for GUI in wxMutexGuiEnter()
 static size_t gs_nWaitingForGui = 0;
 
 // are we waiting for a thread termination?
-static bool gs_waitingForThread = FALSE;
+static bool gs_waitingForThread = false;
 
 // ============================================================================
 // Windows implementation of thread and related classes
@@ -130,7 +145,7 @@ static bool gs_waitingForThread = FALSE;
 // wxCriticalSection
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-wxCriticalSection::wxCriticalSection()
+wxCriticalSection::wxCriticalSection( wxCriticalSectionType WXUNUSED(critSecType) )
 {
     wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT( sizeof(CRITICAL_SECTION) <= sizeof(wxCritSectBuffer),
                            wxCriticalSectionBufferTooSmall );
@@ -166,17 +181,23 @@ public:
     bool IsOk() const { return m_mutex != NULL; }
 
     wxMutexError Lock() { return LockTimeout(INFINITE); }
-    wxMutexError TryLock() { return LockTimeout(0); }
+    wxMutexError Lock(unsigned long ms) { return LockTimeout(ms); }
+    wxMutexError TryLock();
     wxMutexError Unlock();
 
 private:
     wxMutexError LockTimeout(DWORD milliseconds);
 
     HANDLE m_mutex;
+
+    unsigned long m_owningThread;
+    wxMutexType m_type;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxMutexInternal);
 };
 
 // all mutexes are recursive under Win32 so we don't use mutexType
-wxMutexInternal::wxMutexInternal(wxMutexType WXUNUSED(mutexType))
+wxMutexInternal::wxMutexInternal(wxMutexType mutexType)
 {
     // create a nameless (hence intra process and always private) mutex
     m_mutex = ::CreateMutex
@@ -186,10 +207,14 @@ wxMutexInternal::wxMutexInternal(wxMutexType WXUNUSED(mutexType))
                     NULL        // no name
                 );
 
+    m_type = mutexType;
+    m_owningThread = 0;
+
     if ( !m_mutex )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("CreateMutex()"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("CreateMutex()"));
     }
+
 }
 
 wxMutexInternal::~wxMutexInternal()
@@ -198,51 +223,73 @@ wxMutexInternal::~wxMutexInternal()
     {
         if ( !::CloseHandle(m_mutex) )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("CloseHandle(mutex)"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("CloseHandle(mutex)"));
         }
     }
 }
 
+wxMutexError wxMutexInternal::TryLock()
+{
+    const wxMutexError rc = LockTimeout(0);
+
+    // we have a special return code for timeout in this case
+    return rc == wxMUTEX_TIMEOUT ? wxMUTEX_BUSY : rc;
+}
+
 wxMutexError wxMutexInternal::LockTimeout(DWORD milliseconds)
 {
-    DWORD rc = ::WaitForSingleObject(m_mutex, milliseconds);
-    if ( rc == WAIT_ABANDONED )
+    if (m_type == wxMUTEX_DEFAULT)
     {
-        // the previous caller died without releasing the mutex, but now we can
-        // really lock it
-        wxLogDebug(_T("WaitForSingleObject() returned WAIT_ABANDONED"));
-
-        // use 0 timeout, normally we should always get it
-        rc = ::WaitForSingleObject(m_mutex, 0);
+        // Don't allow recursive
+        if (m_owningThread != 0)
+        {
+            if (m_owningThread == wxThread::GetCurrentId())
+                return wxMUTEX_DEAD_LOCK;
+        }
     }
 
+    DWORD rc = ::WaitForSingleObject(m_mutex, milliseconds);
     switch ( rc )
     {
+        case WAIT_ABANDONED:
+            // the previous caller died without releasing the mutex, so even
+            // though we did get it, log a message about this
+            wxLogDebug(wxT("WaitForSingleObject() returned WAIT_ABANDONED"));
+            // fall through
+
         case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
             // ok
             break;
 
         case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-            return wxMUTEX_BUSY;
+            return wxMUTEX_TIMEOUT;
 
-        case WAIT_ABANDONED:        // checked for above
         default:
             wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("impossible return value in wxMutex::Lock"));
             // fall through
 
         case WAIT_FAILED:
-            wxLogLastError(_T("WaitForSingleObject(mutex)"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("WaitForSingleObject(mutex)"));
             return wxMUTEX_MISC_ERROR;
     }
 
+    if (m_type == wxMUTEX_DEFAULT)
+    {
+        // required for checking recursiveness
+        m_owningThread = wxThread::GetCurrentId();
+    }
+
     return wxMUTEX_NO_ERROR;
 }
 
 wxMutexError wxMutexInternal::Unlock()
 {
+    // required for checking recursiveness
+    m_owningThread = 0;
+
     if ( !::ReleaseMutex(m_mutex) )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_("ReleaseMutex()"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("ReleaseMutex()"));
 
         return wxMUTEX_MISC_ERROR;
     }
@@ -264,17 +311,29 @@ public:
     bool IsOk() const { return m_semaphore != NULL; }
 
     wxSemaError Wait() { return WaitTimeout(INFINITE); }
-    wxSemaError TryWait() { return WaitTimeout(0); }
+
+    wxSemaError TryWait()
+    {
+        wxSemaError rc = WaitTimeout(0);
+        if ( rc == wxSEMA_TIMEOUT )
+            rc = wxSEMA_BUSY;
+
+        return rc;
+    }
+
     wxSemaError WaitTimeout(unsigned long milliseconds);
 
     wxSemaError Post();
 
 private:
     HANDLE m_semaphore;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxSemaphoreInternal);
 };
 
 wxSemaphoreInternal::wxSemaphoreInternal(int initialcount, int maxcount)
 {
+#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) || (_WIN32_WCE >= 300)
     if ( maxcount == 0 )
     {
         // make it practically infinite
@@ -288,10 +347,10 @@ wxSemaphoreInternal::wxSemaphoreInternal(int initialcount, int maxcount)
                         maxcount,
                         NULL            // no name
                     );
-
+#endif
     if ( !m_semaphore )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("CreateSemaphore()"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("CreateSemaphore()"));
     }
 }
 
@@ -301,7 +360,7 @@ wxSemaphoreInternal::~wxSemaphoreInternal()
     {
         if ( !::CloseHandle(m_semaphore) )
         {
-            wxLogLastError(_T("CloseHandle(semaphore)"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("CloseHandle(semaphore)"));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -316,10 +375,10 @@ wxSemaError wxSemaphoreInternal::WaitTimeout(unsigned long milliseconds)
            return wxSEMA_NO_ERROR;
 
         case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-           return wxSEMA_BUSY;
+           return wxSEMA_TIMEOUT;
 
         default:
-            wxLogLastError(_T("WaitForSingleObject(semaphore)"));
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("WaitForSingleObject(semaphore)"));
     }
 
     return wxSEMA_MISC_ERROR;
@@ -327,149 +386,24 @@ wxSemaError wxSemaphoreInternal::WaitTimeout(unsigned long milliseconds)
 
 wxSemaError wxSemaphoreInternal::Post()
 {
+#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) || (_WIN32_WCE >= 300)
     if ( !::ReleaseSemaphore(m_semaphore, 1, NULL /* ptr to previous count */) )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("ReleaseSemaphore"));
-
-        return wxSEMA_MISC_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    return wxSEMA_NO_ERROR;
-}
-
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxCondition
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// Win32 doesn't have explicit support for the POSIX condition variables and
-// the Win32 events have quite different semantics, so we reimplement the
-// conditions from scratch using the mutexes and semaphores
-class wxConditionInternal
-{
-public:
-    wxConditionInternal(wxMutex& mutex);
-
-    bool IsOk() const { return m_mutex.IsOk() && m_semaphore.IsOk(); }
-
-    wxCondError Wait();
-    wxCondError WaitTimeout(unsigned long milliseconds);
-
-    wxCondError Signal();
-    wxCondError Broadcast();
-
-private:
-    // the number of threads currently waiting for this condition
-    LONG m_numWaiters;
-
-    // the critical section protecting m_numWaiters
-    wxCriticalSection m_csWaiters;
-
-    wxMutex& m_mutex;
-    wxSemaphore m_semaphore;
-};
-
-wxConditionInternal::wxConditionInternal(wxMutex& mutex)
-                   : m_mutex(mutex)
-{
-    // another thread can't access it until we return from ctor, so no need to
-    // protect access to m_numWaiters here
-    m_numWaiters = 0;
-}
-
-wxCondError wxConditionInternal::Wait()
-{
-    // increment the number of waiters
-    ::InterlockedIncrement(&m_numWaiters);
-
-    m_mutex.Unlock();
-
-    // a potential race condition can occur here
-    //
-    // after a thread increments nwaiters, and unlocks the mutex and before the
-    // semaphore.Wait() is called, if another thread can cause a signal to be
-    // generated
-    //
-    // this race condition is handled by using a semaphore and incrementing the
-    // semaphore only if 'nwaiters' is greater that zero since the semaphore,
-    // can 'remember' signals the race condition will not occur
-
-    // wait ( if necessary ) and decrement semaphore
-    wxSemaError err = m_semaphore.Wait();
-    m_mutex.Lock();
-
-    return err == wxSEMA_NO_ERROR ? wxCOND_NO_ERROR : wxCOND_MISC_ERROR;
-}
-
-wxCondError wxConditionInternal::WaitTimeout(unsigned long milliseconds)
-{
-    ::InterlockedIncrement(&m_numWaiters);
-
-    m_mutex.Unlock();
-
-    // a race condition can occur at this point in the code
-    //
-    // please see the comments in Wait(), for details
-
-    wxSemaError err = m_semaphore.WaitTimeout(milliseconds);
-
-    if ( err == wxSEMA_BUSY )
-    {
-        // another potential race condition exists here it is caused when a
-        // 'waiting' thread timesout, and returns from WaitForSingleObject, but
-        // has not yet decremented 'nwaiters'.
-        //
-        // at this point if another thread calls signal() then the semaphore
-        // will be incremented, but the waiting thread will miss it.
-        //
-        // to handle this particular case, the waiting thread calls
-        // WaitForSingleObject again with a timeout of 0, after locking
-        // 'nwaiters_mutex'. this call does not block because of the zero
-        // timeout, but will allow the waiting thread to catch the missed
-        // signals.
-        wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csWaiters);
-
-        err = m_semaphore.WaitTimeout(0);
-
-        if ( err != wxSEMA_NO_ERROR )
+        if ( GetLastError() == ERROR_TOO_MANY_POSTS )
         {
-            m_numWaiters--;
+            return wxSEMA_OVERFLOW;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("ReleaseSemaphore"));
+            return wxSEMA_MISC_ERROR;
         }
     }
 
-    m_mutex.Lock();
-
-    return err == wxSEMA_NO_ERROR ? wxCOND_NO_ERROR : wxCOND_MISC_ERROR;
-}
-
-wxCondError wxConditionInternal::Signal()
-{
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csWaiters);
-
-    if ( m_numWaiters > 0 )
-    {
-        // increment the semaphore by 1
-        if ( m_semaphore.Post() != wxSEMA_NO_ERROR )
-            return wxCOND_MISC_ERROR;
-
-        m_numWaiters--;
-    }
-
-    return wxCOND_NO_ERROR;
-}
-
-wxCondError wxConditionInternal::Broadcast()
-{
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csWaiters);
-
-    while ( m_numWaiters > 0 )
-    {
-        if ( m_semaphore.Post() != wxSEMA_NO_ERROR )
-            return wxCOND_MISC_ERROR;
-
-        m_numWaiters--;
-    }
-
-    return wxCOND_NO_ERROR;
+    return wxSEMA_NO_ERROR;
+#else
+    return wxSEMA_MISC_ERROR;
+#endif
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -482,11 +416,13 @@ wxCondError wxConditionInternal::Broadcast()
 class wxThreadInternal
 {
 public:
-    wxThreadInternal()
+    wxThreadInternal(wxThread *thread)
     {
+        m_thread = thread;
         m_hThread = 0;
         m_state = STATE_NEW;
         m_priority = WXTHREAD_DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
+        m_nRef = 1;
     }
 
     ~wxThreadInternal()
@@ -510,6 +446,16 @@ public:
     // create a new (suspended) thread (for the given thread object)
     bool Create(wxThread *thread, unsigned int stackSize);
 
+    // wait for the thread to terminate, either by itself, or by asking it
+    // (politely, this is not Kill()!) to do it
+    wxThreadError WaitForTerminate(wxCriticalSection& cs,
+                                   wxThread::ExitCode *pRc,
+                                   wxThreadWait waitMode,
+                                   wxThread *threadToDelete = NULL);
+
+    // kill the thread unconditionally
+    wxThreadError Kill();
+
     // suspend/resume/terminate
     bool Suspend();
     bool Resume();
@@ -527,58 +473,133 @@ public:
     HANDLE GetHandle() const { return m_hThread; }
     DWORD  GetId() const { return m_tid; }
 
-    // thread function
+    // the thread function forwarding to DoThreadStart
     static THREAD_RETVAL THREAD_CALLCONV WinThreadStart(void *thread);
 
+    // really start the thread (if it's not already dead)
+    static THREAD_RETVAL DoThreadStart(wxThread *thread);
+
+    // call OnExit() on the thread
+    static void DoThreadOnExit(wxThread *thread);
+
+
+    void KeepAlive()
+    {
+        if ( m_thread->IsDetached() )
+            ::InterlockedIncrement(&m_nRef);
+    }
+
+    void LetDie()
+    {
+        if ( m_thread->IsDetached() && !::InterlockedDecrement(&m_nRef) )
+            delete m_thread;
+    }
+
 private:
+    // the thread we're associated with
+    wxThread *m_thread;
+
     HANDLE        m_hThread;    // handle of the thread
     wxThreadState m_state;      // state, see wxThreadState enum
     unsigned int  m_priority;   // thread priority in "wx" units
     DWORD         m_tid;        // thread id
+
+    // number of threads which need this thread to remain alive, when the count
+    // reaches 0 we kill the owning wxThread -- and die ourselves with it
+    LONG m_nRef;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxThreadInternal);
 };
 
-THREAD_RETVAL THREAD_CALLCONV wxThreadInternal::WinThreadStart(void *param)
+// small class which keeps a thread alive during its lifetime
+class wxThreadKeepAlive
 {
-    THREAD_RETVAL rc;
-    bool wasCancelled;
+public:
+    wxThreadKeepAlive(wxThreadInternal& thrImpl) : m_thrImpl(thrImpl)
+        { m_thrImpl.KeepAlive(); }
+    ~wxThreadKeepAlive()
+        { m_thrImpl.LetDie(); }
 
-    // first of all, check whether we hadn't been cancelled already and don't
-    // start the user code at all then
-    wxThread *thread = (wxThread *)param;
-    if ( thread->m_internal->GetState() == STATE_EXITED )
+private:
+    wxThreadInternal& m_thrImpl;
+};
+
+/* static */
+void wxThreadInternal::DoThreadOnExit(wxThread *thread)
+{
+    wxTRY
     {
-        rc = (THREAD_RETVAL)-1;
-        wasCancelled = TRUE;
+        thread->OnExit();
     }
-    else // do run thread
+    wxCATCH_ALL( wxTheApp->OnUnhandledException(); )
+}
+
+/* static */
+THREAD_RETVAL wxThreadInternal::DoThreadStart(wxThread *thread)
+{
+    wxON_BLOCK_EXIT1(DoThreadOnExit, thread);
+
+    THREAD_RETVAL rc = THREAD_ERROR_EXIT;
+
+    wxTRY
     {
         // store the thread object in the TLS
         if ( !::TlsSetValue(gs_tlsThisThread, thread) )
         {
-            wxLogSysError(_("Can not start thread: error writing TLS."));
+            wxLogSysError(_("Cannot start thread: error writing TLS."));
 
-            return (DWORD)-1;
+            return THREAD_ERROR_EXIT;
         }
 
-        rc = (THREAD_RETVAL)thread->Entry();
+        rc = wxPtrToUInt(thread->Entry());
+    }
+    wxCATCH_ALL( wxTheApp->OnUnhandledException(); )
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/* static */
+THREAD_RETVAL THREAD_CALLCONV wxThreadInternal::WinThreadStart(void *param)
+{
+    THREAD_RETVAL rc = THREAD_ERROR_EXIT;
+
+    wxThread * const thread = (wxThread *)param;
+
+    // each thread has its own SEH translator so install our own a.s.a.p.
+    DisableAutomaticSETranslator();
+
+    // first of all, check whether we hadn't been cancelled already and don't
+    // start the user code at all then
+    const bool hasExited = thread->m_internal->GetState() == STATE_EXITED;
+
+    // run the thread function itself inside a SEH try/except block
+    wxSEH_TRY
+    {
+        if ( hasExited )
+            DoThreadOnExit(thread);
+        else
+            rc = DoThreadStart(thread);
+    }
+    wxSEH_HANDLE(THREAD_ERROR_EXIT)
+
 
+    // save IsDetached because thread object can be deleted by joinable
+    // threads after state is changed to STATE_EXITED.
+    const bool isDetached = thread->IsDetached();
+    if ( !hasExited )
+    {
         // enter m_critsect before changing the thread state
+        //
+        // NB: can't use wxCriticalSectionLocker here as we use SEH and it's
+        //     incompatible with C++ object dtors
         thread->m_critsect.Enter();
-        wasCancelled = thread->m_internal->GetState() == STATE_CANCELED;
         thread->m_internal->SetState(STATE_EXITED);
         thread->m_critsect.Leave();
     }
 
-    thread->OnExit();
-
-    // if the thread was cancelled (from Delete()), then its handle is still
-    // needed there
-    if ( thread->IsDetached() && !wasCancelled )
-    {
-        // auto delete
-        delete thread;
-    }
-    //else: the joinable threads handle will be closed when Wait() is done
+    // the thread may delete itself now if it wants, we don't need it any more
+    if ( isDetached )
+        thread->m_internal->LetDie();
 
     return rc;
 }
@@ -587,7 +608,7 @@ void wxThreadInternal::SetPriority(unsigned int priority)
 {
     m_priority = priority;
 
-    // translate wxWindows priority to the Windows one
+    // translate wxWidgets priority to the Windows one
     int win_priority;
     if (m_priority <= 20)
         win_priority = THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST;
@@ -613,6 +634,9 @@ void wxThreadInternal::SetPriority(unsigned int priority)
 
 bool wxThreadInternal::Create(wxThread *thread, unsigned int stackSize)
 {
+    wxASSERT_MSG( m_state == STATE_NEW && !m_hThread,
+                    wxT("Create()ing thread twice?") );
+
     // for compilers which have it, we should use C RTL function for thread
     // creation instead of Win32 API one because otherwise we will have memory
     // leaks if the thread uses C RTL (and most threads do)
@@ -650,7 +674,7 @@ bool wxThreadInternal::Create(wxThread *thread, unsigned int stackSize)
     {
         wxLogSysError(_("Can't create thread"));
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     if ( m_priority != WXTHREAD_DEFAULT_PRIORITY )
@@ -658,7 +682,200 @@ bool wxThreadInternal::Create(wxThread *thread, unsigned int stackSize)
         SetPriority(m_priority);
     }
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return true;
+}
+
+wxThreadError wxThreadInternal::Kill()
+{
+    m_thread->OnKill();
+
+    if ( !::TerminateThread(m_hThread, THREAD_ERROR_EXIT) )
+    {
+        wxLogSysError(_("Couldn't terminate thread"));
+
+        return wxTHREAD_MISC_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    Free();
+
+    return wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+wxThreadError
+wxThreadInternal::WaitForTerminate(wxCriticalSection& cs,
+                                   wxThread::ExitCode *pRc,
+                                   wxThreadWait waitMode,
+                                   wxThread *threadToDelete)
+{
+    // prevent the thread C++ object from disappearing as long as we are using
+    // it here
+    wxThreadKeepAlive keepAlive(*this);
+
+
+    // we may either wait passively for the thread to terminate (when called
+    // from Wait()) or ask it to terminate (when called from Delete())
+    bool shouldDelete = threadToDelete != NULL;
+
+    DWORD rc = 0;
+
+    // we might need to resume the thread if it's currently stopped
+    bool shouldResume = false;
+
+    // as Delete() (which calls us) is always safe to call we need to consider
+    // all possible states
+    {
+        wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(cs);
+
+        if ( m_state == STATE_NEW )
+        {
+            if ( shouldDelete )
+            {
+                // WinThreadStart() will see it and terminate immediately, no
+                // need to cancel the thread -- but we still need to resume it
+                // to let it run
+                m_state = STATE_EXITED;
+
+                // we must call Resume() as the thread hasn't been initially
+                // resumed yet (and as Resume() it knows about STATE_EXITED
+                // special case, it won't touch it and WinThreadStart() will
+                // just exit immediately)
+                shouldResume = true;
+                shouldDelete = false;
+            }
+            //else: shouldResume is correctly set to false here, wait until
+            //      someone else runs the thread and it finishes
+        }
+        else // running, paused, cancelled or even exited
+        {
+            shouldResume = m_state == STATE_PAUSED;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // resume the thread if it is paused
+    if ( shouldResume )
+        Resume();
+
+    // ask the thread to terminate
+    if ( shouldDelete )
+    {
+        wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(cs);
+
+        Cancel();
+    }
+
+    if ( threadToDelete )
+        threadToDelete->OnDelete();
+
+    // now wait for thread to finish
+    if ( wxThread::IsMain() )
+    {
+        // set flag for wxIsWaitingForThread()
+        gs_waitingForThread = true;
+    }
+
+    // we can't just wait for the thread to terminate because it might be
+    // calling some GUI functions and so it will never terminate before we
+    // process the Windows messages that result from these functions
+    // (note that even in console applications we might have to process
+    // messages if we use wxExecute() or timers or ...)
+    DWORD result wxDUMMY_INITIALIZE(0);
+    do
+    {
+        if ( wxThread::IsMain() )
+        {
+            // give the thread we're waiting for chance to do the GUI call
+            // it might be in
+            if ( (gs_nWaitingForGui > 0) && wxGuiOwnedByMainThread() )
+            {
+                wxMutexGuiLeave();
+            }
+        }
+
+        wxAppTraits *traits = wxTheApp ? wxTheApp->GetTraits() : NULL;
+        if ( traits )
+        {
+            result = traits->WaitForThread(m_hThread, waitMode);
+        }
+        else // can't wait for the thread
+        {
+            // so kill it below
+            result = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+        }
+
+        switch ( result )
+        {
+            case 0xFFFFFFFF:
+                // error
+                wxLogSysError(_("Cannot wait for thread termination"));
+                Kill();
+                return wxTHREAD_KILLED;
+
+            case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
+                // thread we're waiting for terminated
+                break;
+
+            case WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1:
+                // new message arrived, process it -- but only if we're the
+                // main thread as we don't support processing messages in
+                // the other ones
+                //
+                // NB: we still must include QS_ALLINPUT even when waiting
+                //     in a secondary thread because if it had created some
+                //     window somehow (possible not even using wxWidgets)
+                //     the system might dead lock then
+                if ( wxThread::IsMain() )
+                {
+                    if ( traits && !traits->DoMessageFromThreadWait() )
+                    {
+                        // WM_QUIT received: kill the thread
+                        Kill();
+
+                        return wxTHREAD_KILLED;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("unexpected result of MsgWaitForMultipleObject"));
+        }
+    } while ( result != WAIT_OBJECT_0 );
+
+    if ( wxThread::IsMain() )
+    {
+        gs_waitingForThread = false;
+    }
+
+
+    // although the thread might be already in the EXITED state it might not
+    // have terminated yet and so we are not sure that it has actually
+    // terminated if the "if" above hadn't been taken
+    for ( ;; )
+    {
+        if ( !::GetExitCodeThread(m_hThread, &rc) )
+        {
+            wxLogLastError(wxT("GetExitCodeThread"));
+
+            rc = THREAD_ERROR_EXIT;
+
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if ( rc != STILL_ACTIVE )
+            break;
+
+        // give the other thread some time to terminate, otherwise we may be
+        // starving it
+        ::Sleep(1);
+    }
+
+    if ( pRc )
+        *pRc = wxUIntToPtr(rc);
+
+    // we don't need the thread handle any more in any case
+    Free();
+
+
+    return rc == THREAD_ERROR_EXIT ? wxTHREAD_MISC_ERROR : wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR;
 }
 
 bool wxThreadInternal::Suspend()
@@ -666,14 +883,14 @@ bool wxThreadInternal::Suspend()
     DWORD nSuspendCount = ::SuspendThread(m_hThread);
     if ( nSuspendCount == (DWORD)-1 )
     {
-        wxLogSysError(_("Can not suspend thread %x"), m_hThread);
+        wxLogSysError(_("Cannot suspend thread %x"), m_hThread);
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     m_state = STATE_PAUSED;
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return true;
 }
 
 bool wxThreadInternal::Resume()
@@ -681,20 +898,20 @@ bool wxThreadInternal::Resume()
     DWORD nSuspendCount = ::ResumeThread(m_hThread);
     if ( nSuspendCount == (DWORD)-1 )
     {
-        wxLogSysError(_("Can not resume thread %x"), m_hThread);
+        wxLogSysError(_("Cannot resume thread %x"), m_hThread);
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     // don't change the state from STATE_EXITED because it's special and means
     // we are going to terminate without running any user code - if we did it,
-    // the codei n Delete() wouldn't work
+    // the code in WaitForTerminate() wouldn't work
     if ( m_state != STATE_EXITED )
     {
         m_state = STATE_RUNNING;
     }
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return true;
 }
 
 // static functions
@@ -715,15 +932,6 @@ wxThread *wxThread::This()
     return thread;
 }
 
-bool wxThread::IsMain()
-{
-    return ::GetCurrentThreadId() == gs_idMainThread;
-}
-
-#ifdef Yield
-#undef Yield
-#endif
-
 void wxThread::Yield()
 {
     // 0 argument to Sleep() is special and means to just give away the rest of
@@ -731,11 +939,6 @@ void wxThread::Yield()
     ::Sleep(0);
 }
 
-void wxThread::Sleep(unsigned long milliseconds)
-{
-    ::Sleep(milliseconds);
-}
-
 int wxThread::GetCPUCount()
 {
     SYSTEM_INFO si;
@@ -749,9 +952,12 @@ unsigned long wxThread::GetCurrentId()
     return (unsigned long)::GetCurrentThreadId();
 }
 
-bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
+bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t WXUNUSED_IN_WINCE(level))
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG( IsMain(), _T("should only be called from the main thread") );
+#ifdef __WXWINCE__
+    return false;
+#else
+    wxASSERT_MSG( IsMain(), wxT("should only be called from the main thread") );
 
     // ok only for the default one
     if ( level == 0 )
@@ -759,12 +965,12 @@ bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
 
     // get system affinity mask first
     HANDLE hProcess = ::GetCurrentProcess();
-    DWORD dwProcMask, dwSysMask;
+    DWORD_PTR dwProcMask, dwSysMask;
     if ( ::GetProcessAffinityMask(hProcess, &dwProcMask, &dwSysMask) == 0 )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("GetProcessAffinityMask"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("GetProcessAffinityMask"));
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     // how many CPUs have we got?
@@ -787,7 +993,7 @@ bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
             dwProcMask |= bit;
 
             // another process added
-            if ( !--level )
+            if ( --level == 0 )
             {
                 // and that's enough
                 break;
@@ -801,22 +1007,22 @@ bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
     // could we set all bits?
     if ( level != 0 )
     {
-        wxLogDebug(_T("bad level %u in wxThread::SetConcurrency()"), level);
+        wxLogDebug(wxT("bad level %u in wxThread::SetConcurrency()"), level);
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     // set it: we can't link to SetProcessAffinityMask() because it doesn't
     // exist in Win9x, use RT binding instead
 
-    typedef BOOL (*SETPROCESSAFFINITYMASK)(HANDLE, DWORD);
+    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *SETPROCESSAFFINITYMASK)(HANDLE, DWORD_PTR);
 
     // can use static var because we're always in the main thread here
     static SETPROCESSAFFINITYMASK pfnSetProcessAffinityMask = NULL;
 
     if ( !pfnSetProcessAffinityMask )
     {
-        HMODULE hModKernel = ::LoadLibrary(_T("kernel32"));
+        HMODULE hModKernel = ::LoadLibrary(wxT("kernel32"));
         if ( hModKernel )
         {
             pfnSetProcessAffinityMask = (SETPROCESSAFFINITYMASK)
@@ -825,23 +1031,24 @@ bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
 
         // we've discovered a MT version of Win9x!
         wxASSERT_MSG( pfnSetProcessAffinityMask,
-                      _T("this system has several CPUs but no SetProcessAffinityMask function?") );
+                      wxT("this system has several CPUs but no SetProcessAffinityMask function?") );
     }
 
     if ( !pfnSetProcessAffinityMask )
     {
         // msg given above - do it only once
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     if ( pfnSetProcessAffinityMask(hProcess, dwProcMask) == 0 )
     {
-        wxLogLastError(_T("SetProcessAffinityMask"));
+        wxLogLastError(wxT("SetProcessAffinityMask"));
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return true;
+#endif // __WXWINCE__/!__WXWINCE__
 }
 
 // ctor and dtor
@@ -849,7 +1056,7 @@ bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
 
 wxThread::wxThread(wxThreadKind kind)
 {
-    m_internal = new wxThreadInternal();
+    m_internal = new wxThreadInternal(this);
 
     m_isDetached = kind == wxTHREAD_DETACHED;
 }
@@ -876,11 +1083,8 @@ wxThreadError wxThread::Run()
 {
     wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_critsect);
 
-    if ( m_internal->GetState() != STATE_NEW )
-    {
-        // actually, it may be almost any state at all, not only STATE_RUNNING
-        return wxTHREAD_RUNNING;
-    }
+    wxCHECK_MSG( m_internal->GetState() == STATE_NEW, wxTHREAD_RUNNING,
+             wxT("thread may only be started once after Create()") );
 
     // the thread has just been created and is still suspended - let it run
     return Resume();
@@ -906,178 +1110,23 @@ wxThreadError wxThread::Resume()
 // stopping thread
 // ---------------
 
-wxThread::ExitCode wxThread::Wait()
+wxThread::ExitCode wxThread::Wait(wxThreadWait waitMode)
 {
+    ExitCode rc = wxUIntToPtr(THREAD_ERROR_EXIT);
+
     // although under Windows we can wait for any thread, it's an error to
     // wait for a detached one in wxWin API
-    wxCHECK_MSG( !IsDetached(), (ExitCode)-1,
-                 _T("can't wait for detached thread") );
-
-    ExitCode rc = (ExitCode)-1;
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !IsDetached(), rc,
+                 wxT("wxThread::Wait(): can't wait for detached thread") );
 
-    (void)Delete(&rc);
-
-    m_internal->Free();
+    (void)m_internal->WaitForTerminate(m_critsect, &rc, waitMode);
 
     return rc;
 }
 
-wxThreadError wxThread::Delete(ExitCode *pRc)
+wxThreadError wxThread::Delete(ExitCode *pRc, wxThreadWait waitMode)
 {
-    ExitCode rc = 0;
-
-    // Delete() is always safe to call, so consider all possible states
-
-    // we might need to resume the thread, but we might also not need to cancel
-    // it if it doesn't run yet
-    bool shouldResume = FALSE,
-         shouldCancel = TRUE,
-         isRunning = FALSE;
-
-    // check if the thread already started to run
-    {
-        wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_critsect);
-
-        if ( m_internal->GetState() == STATE_NEW )
-        {
-            // WinThreadStart() will see it and terminate immediately, no need
-            // to cancel the thread - but we still need to resume it to let it
-            // run
-            m_internal->SetState(STATE_EXITED);
-
-            Resume();   // it knows about STATE_EXITED special case
-
-            shouldCancel = FALSE;
-            isRunning = TRUE;
-
-            // shouldResume is correctly set to FALSE here
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            shouldResume = IsPaused();
-        }
-    }
-
-    // resume the thread if it is paused
-    if ( shouldResume )
-        Resume();
-
-    HANDLE hThread = m_internal->GetHandle();
-
-    // does is still run?
-    if ( isRunning || IsRunning() )
-    {
-        if ( IsMain() )
-        {
-            // set flag for wxIsWaitingForThread()
-            gs_waitingForThread = TRUE;
-        }
-
-        // ask the thread to terminate
-        if ( shouldCancel )
-        {
-            wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_critsect);
-
-            m_internal->Cancel();
-        }
-
-#if wxUSE_GUI
-        // we can't just wait for the thread to terminate because it might be
-        // calling some GUI functions and so it will never terminate before we
-        // process the Windows messages that result from these functions
-        DWORD result;
-        do
-        {
-            if ( IsMain() )
-            {
-                // give the thread we're waiting for chance to do the GUI call
-                // it might be in
-                if ( (gs_nWaitingForGui > 0) && wxGuiOwnedByMainThread() )
-                {
-                    wxMutexGuiLeave();
-                }
-            }
-
-            result = ::MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
-                     (
-                       1,              // number of objects to wait for
-                       &hThread,       // the objects
-                       FALSE,          // don't wait for all objects
-                       INFINITE,       // no timeout
-                       QS_ALLINPUT |   // return as soon as there are any events
-                       QS_ALLPOSTMESSAGE
-                     );
-
-            switch ( result )
-            {
-                case 0xFFFFFFFF:
-                    // error
-                    wxLogSysError(_("Can not wait for thread termination"));
-                    Kill();
-                    return wxTHREAD_KILLED;
-
-                case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-                    // thread we're waiting for terminated
-                    break;
-
-                case WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1:
-                    // new message arrived, process it
-                    if ( !wxTheApp->DoMessage() )
-                    {
-                        // WM_QUIT received: kill the thread
-                        Kill();
-
-                        return wxTHREAD_KILLED;
-                    }
-                    break;
-
-                default:
-                    wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("unexpected result of MsgWaitForMultipleObject"));
-            }
-        } while ( result != WAIT_OBJECT_0 );
-#else // !wxUSE_GUI
-        // simply wait for the thread to terminate
-        //
-        // OTOH, even console apps create windows (in wxExecute, for WinSock
-        // &c), so may be use MsgWaitForMultipleObject() too here?
-        if ( WaitForSingleObject(hThread, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0 )
-        {
-            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("unexpected result of WaitForSingleObject"));
-        }
-#endif // wxUSE_GUI/!wxUSE_GUI
-
-        if ( IsMain() )
-        {
-            gs_waitingForThread = FALSE;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // although the thread might be already in the EXITED state it might not
-    // have terminated yet and so we are not sure that it has actually
-    // terminated if the "if" above hadn't been taken
-    do
-    {
-        if ( !::GetExitCodeThread(hThread, (LPDWORD)&rc) )
-        {
-            wxLogLastError(wxT("GetExitCodeThread"));
-
-            rc = (ExitCode)-1;
-        }
-    } while ( (DWORD)rc == STILL_ACTIVE );
-
-    if ( IsDetached() )
-    {
-        // if the thread exits normally, this is done in WinThreadStart, but in
-        // this case it would have been too early because
-        // MsgWaitForMultipleObject() would fail if the thread handle was
-        // closed while we were waiting on it, so we must do it here
-        delete this;
-    }
-
-    if ( pRc )
-        *pRc = rc;
-
-    return rc == (ExitCode)-1 ? wxTHREAD_MISC_ERROR : wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR;
+    return m_internal->WaitForTerminate(m_critsect, pRc, waitMode, this);
 }
 
 wxThreadError wxThread::Kill()
@@ -1085,21 +1134,20 @@ wxThreadError wxThread::Kill()
     if ( !IsRunning() )
         return wxTHREAD_NOT_RUNNING;
 
-    if ( !::TerminateThread(m_internal->GetHandle(), (DWORD)-1) )
-    {
-        wxLogSysError(_("Couldn't terminate thread"));
-
-        return wxTHREAD_MISC_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    m_internal->Free();
+    wxThreadError rc = m_internal->Kill();
 
     if ( IsDetached() )
     {
         delete this;
     }
+    else // joinable
+    {
+        // update the status of the joinable thread
+        wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_critsect);
+        m_internal->SetState(STATE_EXITED);
+    }
 
-    return wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR;
+    return rc;
 }
 
 void wxThread::Exit(ExitCode status)
@@ -1110,9 +1158,15 @@ void wxThread::Exit(ExitCode status)
     {
         delete this;
     }
+    else // joinable
+    {
+        // update the status of the joinable thread
+        wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_critsect);
+        m_internal->SetState(STATE_EXITED);
+    }
 
 #ifdef wxUSE_BEGIN_THREAD
-    _endthreadex((unsigned)status);
+    _endthreadex(wxPtrToUInt(status));
 #else // !VC++
     ::ExitThread((DWORD)status);
 #endif // VC++/!VC++
@@ -1132,28 +1186,28 @@ void wxThread::SetPriority(unsigned int prio)
 
 unsigned int wxThread::GetPriority() const
 {
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock((wxCriticalSection &)m_critsect); // const_cast
+    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(const_cast<wxCriticalSection &>(m_critsect));
 
     return m_internal->GetPriority();
 }
 
 unsigned long wxThread::GetId() const
 {
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock((wxCriticalSection &)m_critsect); // const_cast
+    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(const_cast<wxCriticalSection &>(m_critsect));
 
     return (unsigned long)m_internal->GetId();
 }
 
 bool wxThread::IsRunning() const
 {
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock((wxCriticalSection &)m_critsect); // const_cast
+    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(const_cast<wxCriticalSection &>(m_critsect));
 
     return m_internal->GetState() == STATE_RUNNING;
 }
 
 bool wxThread::IsAlive() const
 {
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock((wxCriticalSection &)m_critsect); // const_cast
+    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(const_cast<wxCriticalSection &>(m_critsect));
 
     return (m_internal->GetState() == STATE_RUNNING) ||
            (m_internal->GetState() == STATE_PAUSED);
@@ -1161,14 +1215,14 @@ bool wxThread::IsAlive() const
 
 bool wxThread::IsPaused() const
 {
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock((wxCriticalSection &)m_critsect); // const_cast
+    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(const_cast<wxCriticalSection &>(m_critsect));
 
     return m_internal->GetState() == STATE_PAUSED;
 }
 
 bool wxThread::TestDestroy()
 {
-    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock((wxCriticalSection &)m_critsect); // const_cast
+    wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(const_cast<wxCriticalSection &>(m_critsect));
 
     return m_internal->GetState() == STATE_CANCELED;
 }
@@ -1200,7 +1254,7 @@ bool wxThreadModule::OnInit()
         // words, this should never happen
         wxLogSysError(_("Thread module initialization failed: impossible to allocate index in thread local storage"));
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     // main thread doesn't have associated wxThread object, so store 0 in the
@@ -1210,9 +1264,9 @@ bool wxThreadModule::OnInit()
         ::TlsFree(gs_tlsThisThread);
         gs_tlsThisThread = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 
-        wxLogSysError(_("Thread module initialization failed: can not store value in thread local storage"));
+        wxLogSysError(_("Thread module initialization failed: cannot store value in thread local storage"));
 
-        return FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     gs_critsectWaitingForGui = new wxCriticalSection();
@@ -1220,10 +1274,11 @@ bool wxThreadModule::OnInit()
     gs_critsectGui = new wxCriticalSection();
     gs_critsectGui->Enter();
 
-    // no error return for GetCurrentThreadId()
-    gs_idMainThread = ::GetCurrentThreadId();
+    gs_critsectThreadDelete = new wxCriticalSection;
+
+    wxThread::ms_idMainThread = wxThread::GetCurrentId();
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void wxThreadModule::OnExit()
@@ -1233,15 +1288,15 @@ void wxThreadModule::OnExit()
         wxLogLastError(wxT("TlsFree failed."));
     }
 
+    wxDELETE(gs_critsectThreadDelete);
+
     if ( gs_critsectGui )
     {
         gs_critsectGui->Leave();
-        delete gs_critsectGui;
-        gs_critsectGui = NULL;
+        wxDELETE(gs_critsectGui);
     }
 
-    delete gs_critsectWaitingForGui;
-    gs_critsectWaitingForGui = NULL;
+    wxDELETE(gs_critsectWaitingForGui);
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1249,7 +1304,7 @@ void wxThreadModule::OnExit()
 // not a mutex, so the names are a bit confusing
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiEnter()
+void wxMutexGuiEnterImpl()
 {
     // this would dead lock everything...
     wxASSERT_MSG( !wxThread::IsMain(),
@@ -1271,13 +1326,13 @@ void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiEnter()
     gs_critsectGui->Enter();
 }
 
-void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiLeave()
+void wxMutexGuiLeaveImpl()
 {
     wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(*gs_critsectWaitingForGui);
 
     if ( wxThread::IsMain() )
     {
-        gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread = FALSE;
+        gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread = false;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -1293,7 +1348,7 @@ void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiLeave()
     gs_critsectGui->Leave();
 }
 
-void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiLeaveOrEnter()
+void WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMutexGuiLeaveOrEnter()
 {
     wxASSERT_MSG( wxThread::IsMain(),
                   wxT("only main thread may call wxMutexGuiLeaveOrEnter()!") );
@@ -1308,7 +1363,7 @@ void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiLeaveOrEnter()
         {
             gs_critsectGui->Enter();
 
-            gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread = TRUE;
+            gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread = true;
         }
         //else: already have it, nothing to do
     }
@@ -1323,23 +1378,23 @@ void WXDLLEXPORT wxMutexGuiLeaveOrEnter()
     }
 }
 
-bool WXDLLEXPORT wxGuiOwnedByMainThread()
+bool WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxGuiOwnedByMainThread()
 {
     return gs_bGuiOwnedByMainThread;
 }
 
 // wake up the main thread if it's in ::GetMessage()
-void WXDLLEXPORT wxWakeUpMainThread()
+void WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxWakeUpMainThread()
 {
     // sending any message would do - hopefully WM_NULL is harmless enough
-    if ( !::PostThreadMessage(gs_idMainThread, WM_NULL, 0, 0) )
+    if ( !::PostThreadMessage(wxThread::GetMainId(), WM_NULL, 0, 0) )
     {
         // should never happen
         wxLogLastError(wxT("PostThreadMessage(WM_NULL)"));
     }
 }
 
-bool WXDLLEXPORT wxIsWaitingForThread()
+bool WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxIsWaitingForThread()
 {
     return gs_waitingForThread;
 }
@@ -1351,4 +1406,3 @@ bool WXDLLEXPORT wxIsWaitingForThread()
 #include "wx/thrimpl.cpp"
 
 #endif // wxUSE_THREADS
-