Re: [Mingw-users] WaitForSingleObject crash

[Jeremy B. <je...@de...>]

J. Michael Caine wrote:
> I've encountered a sporadic crasher ("This application has requested the 
> Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.") related to WaitForSingleObject.  
> I have assembled about a dozen lines of test code which demonstrates the 
> problem.  The problem occurs when the creating process is in a 
> WaitForSingleObject() waiting for the thread created by CreateThread(), and 
> that thread throws (and catches and completely handles) an exception.  As 
> soon as the throw occurs, the crash occurs.
>   
did you specify -mthreads when you compiled?  That is needed when you 
have C++ exceptions and threads (IFAIK)