On Jul 22, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ali Çehreli <acehr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Apparently, it is possible to detach from a thread or even to start it in the > detached state to begin with: "By default, a new thread is created in a > joinable state, unless attr was set to create the thread in a detached state > (using pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3))." But core.thread doesn't seem to > provide either of those.
Nope. The thread can't be detached early because the GC might need to operate on the thread in some way.