X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/e2a6f23364aefcd5095dc6558e3ab8144363fa96..8fa2e6a209ab83319bbc4d652067c9123deaa335:/docs/latex/wx/thread.tex?ds=inline diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/thread.tex b/docs/latex/wx/thread.tex index fa1716ff4d..8910946811 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/thread.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/thread.tex @@ -1,17 +1,21 @@ \section{\class{wxThread}}\label{wxthread} A thread is basically a path of execution through a program. Threads are also -sometimes calls {\it light-wight processes}, but the fundamental difference +sometimes called {\it light-weight processes}, but the fundamental difference between threads and processes is that memory spaces of different processes are separated while all threads share the same address space. While it makes it much easier to share common data between several threads, it also makes much -easier to shoot oneself in a leg, so careful use of synchronization objects +easier to shoot oneself in the foot, so careful use of synchronization objects such as \helpref{mutexes}{wxmutex} and/or \helpref{critical sections}{wxcriticalsection} is recommended. \wxheading{Derived from} None. +\wxheading{Include files} + + + \wxheading{See also} \helpref{wxMutex}{wxmutex}, \helpref{wxCondition}{wxcondition}, \helpref{wxCriticalSection}{wxcriticalsection}