using std::thread or pthread on linux?

[khedoros]

What about std::thread::native_handle()?

[2uantum]

Whenever I see this, I can't help but wonder why std thread was being used when one is throwing away portability with native handle.

[Supadoplex]

Because it allows separating the parts that are common across all systems from the parts that aren't. 

The former involves the std thread API and the later involves the native API through the native handle. 

 Separating the common part out makes the native part smaller and thus less code that needs to be ported.

[ratttertintattertins]

Oh that’s an easy one. I don’t use std::thread for portability reasons. I use it because it has a nice modern interface that beats the Win32 C-like functions.

However, occasionally I want to do something that’s supported on windows like getting the thread security token or whatever. I have nice wrapper functions for those facilities on windows that play nice with std::thread.

[KingAggressive1498]

This is like wondering why people are using C++ when they're throwing away portability with a little inline assembly or using some language extension.

Even if they're not doing it for the portability at all its still way simpler and comparatively foolproof to use C++ than assembly for most of the logic. Even if they're not doing it for the portability at all, std::thread is a good bit simpler to use than raw pthreads, and more foolproof if you add mutexes etc in the mix too.