Background thread

[Signalman]

Currently I have a program that runs on the UI thread. When an option is selected, it starts a new thread (backgroundthread1), with the parameter background=true. Once this thread commences, backgroundthread1 then starts another thread (backgroundthread2) with the param background=2.

Should backgroundthread1 finish/ terminate, what happens to backgroundthread2.

Does it to continue to run until it either completes or the UI thread finish

Or does it terminate as soon as backgroundthread1 terminates?

[Dibbie]

I would assume itd continue running, the thread hat called it, is all it did, it doesnt rely on it to actually run

[jmcilhinney]

There's no specific relationship between backgroundthread1 and backgroundthread2. Each thread will just continue executing until it either completes, is aborted or, in the case of background threads, the application exits.

I have to wonder though, why did you need to post this question at all when you could have just tested it for yourself?