Start a thread and forget about it?

[Carl]

Hi,

Is it OK to start at thread so it does its work, and just forget about it.
Will it automatically dissapear when it is done? For exampel, like this:

Thread t = new Thread(ReportingForm.StartProcessingReports);
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();

No Join or anything like that.

regards

Carl

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Is it OK to start at thread so it does its work, and just forget about it.
Absolutely.

Will it automatically dissapear when it is done? For exampel, like this:

Thread t = new Thread(ReportingForm.StartProcessingReports);
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();

No Join or anything like that.

Looks fine to me.

You might want to think about whether the thread should keep the
process alive if all the other foreground thread dies - if not, set
IsBackgroundThread to true.

 

[Carl]

Looks fine to me.

You might want to think about whether the thread should keep the
process alive if all the other foreground thread dies - if not, set
IsBackgroundThread to true.

Great, and thanks for the tip about the IsBackgroundThread!