Threads can tell you their own ids now, and they can also report that they

failed to start.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/stable/thread.h b/src/stable/thread.h
index f4b961f..0a0d8bb 100644
--- a/src/stable/thread.h
+++ b/src/stable/thread.h
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 
+#include "bu/exceptionbase.h"
+
 namespace Bu
 {
+        subExceptionDecl( ThreadException );
         class ThreadId
         {
         friend class Thread;
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Bu
                 virtual ~Thread();
 
                 static ThreadId currentThread();
+                ThreadId getId() { return ThreadId( ptHandle ); }
 
                 /**
                  * Begin thread execution.  This will call the overridden run function,
@@ -93,12 +97,11 @@ namespace Bu
 
         private:
                 pthread_t ptHandle;     /**< Internal handle to the posix thread. */
-                int nHandle;    /**< Numeric handle to the posix thread. */
 
         protected:
                 /**
-                 * The workhorse of the Thread class.  This is the function that will run
-                 * in the thread, when this function exits the thread dies and is
+                 * The workhorse of the Thread class.  This is the function that will
+                 * run in the thread, when this function exits the thread dies and is
                  * cleaned up by the system.  Make sure to read up on ThreadMutex,
                  * ThreadCondition, and cancel to see how to control and protect
                  * everything you do in a safe way within this function.