Watchdog thread

[jim]

Well, this is like a safety net.  I'm writing the code for both threads and 
I'll do my darndest to make sure there is no possibility of it freezing.  
However, after the software is deployed and the customer starts calling me 
about the software locking up, I want to be able to know where to start 
looking.

Jim

On Thursday 12 December 2002 09:20 pm, Jason Clinton wrote:
>
> BSOD:
>
> Warning! Application XXX has caused an invalid page fault in module EMM386.
> Press any key to terminate this program.
>
> Isn't general programming practice to not write such a 'watchdog' thread?
> If the code to said 'watched' thread is out of your control, you could just
> write a Perl script to monitor it. If it's under your control, wouldn't you
> want to just resolve the freezing/locking?
>
> Just an honest question.