XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_thread_t) xbt_thread_self(void);
/* xbt_thread_join frees the joined thread (ie the XBT wrapper around it, the OS frees the rest) */
XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_thread_join(xbt_thread_t thread);
- /* Brutally ends the life of the poor victim */
- XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_thread_destroy(xbt_thread_t thread);
+ /* Ends the life of the poor victim (not always working if it's computing, but working if it's blocked in the OS) */
+ XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_thread_cancel(xbt_thread_t thread);
/* suicide */
XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_thread_exit(void);
/* current thread pass control to any possible thread wanting it */
