From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:59:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add detach call so threads are GC'ed.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5a1~81
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f4806c2a85dccb94a183b584f99b6b5b8f40e6db;p=python

Add detach call so threads are GC'ed.
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diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h
index c83cd2d8a1..0e2ca11b38 100644
--- a/Python/thread_pthread.h
+++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ int start_new_thread _P2(func, void (*func) _P((void *)), arg, void *arg)
 		init_thread();
 	success = pthread_create(&th, pthread_attr_default,
 				 (void* (*) _P((void *)))func, arg);
+	if (success >= 0)
+		pthread_detach(th);
 	return success < 0 ? 0 : 1;
 }