How to stop an std::thread from running, without terminating the program

Question

I am trying to learn std::threads from C++11 to make a threading system.

I was wondering if there is a way to stop a thread from running (N

Answer 1

There is no way to non-cooperatively stop a thread from running with standard C++. That doesn't mean it's impossible, but you may need to go back to your systems native handle.

For a standard conforming way you can use synchronization primitives (e.g. an std::atomic) to set a kill flag from the outside and read it within the thread. But it still has to be the thread that finishes on its own.