From 2414705dd748a119ffa0a2976ed71abc283aff11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdejong <mdejong>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 19:47:02 +0000
Subject: 	* win/tclWinThrd.c (Tcl_CreateThread): Close Windows 	HANDLE
 returned by _beginthreadex. The MS documentation 	states that this
 handle is not closed by a later call to 	_endthreadex.

---
 ChangeLog        |  7 +++++++
 win/tclWinThrd.c | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b7f8cb5..9e177ae 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-07-24  Mo DeJong  <mdejong@redhat.com>
+
+	* win/tclWinThrd.c (Tcl_CreateThread): Close Windows
+	HANDLE returned by _beginthreadex. The MS documentation
+	states that this handle is not closed by a later call to
+	_endthreadex.
+
 2001-07-21  Don Porter  <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* doc/pkgMkindex.n:
diff --git a/win/tclWinThrd.c b/win/tclWinThrd.c
index 466c715..78f32b5 100644
--- a/win/tclWinThrd.c
+++ b/win/tclWinThrd.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
  * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
  *
- * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclWinThrd.c,v 1.12 2001/07/16 23:30:16 mdejong Exp $
+ * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclWinThrd.c,v 1.13 2001/07/24 19:47:02 mdejong Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tclWinInt.h"
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ Tcl_CreateThread(idPtr, proc, clientData, stackSize, flags)
     int flags;				/* Flags controlling behaviour of
 					 * the new thread */
 {
-    unsigned long code;
+    HANDLE tHandle;
 
     EnterCriticalSection(&joinLock);
 
-    code = _beginthreadex(NULL, (unsigned) stackSize, proc, clientData, 0,
-	(unsigned *)idPtr);
+    tHandle = (HANDLE) _beginthreadex(NULL, (unsigned) stackSize, proc,
+	clientData, 0, (unsigned *)idPtr);
 
-    if (code == 0) {
+    if (tHandle == 0) {
         LeaveCriticalSection(&joinLock);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     } else {
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Tcl_CreateThread(idPtr, proc, clientData, stackSize, flags)
 	    TclRememberJoinableThread (*idPtr);
 	}
 
+	CloseHandle(tHandle);
 	LeaveCriticalSection(&joinLock);
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
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