returning a value from a thread

[Peter Hansen]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> Ken Godee wrote:
> 
> [detailed version of the question in the subject line]
> 
> This question is asked often enough that it maybe should
> become a FAQ, but in any case it was asked a few weeks
> ago and I posted sample code with the idiomatic approach,
> as I recall.  A Google Groups search with your keywords
> and my name should find it pretty quick.

Oops, doesn't look like I'm remembering the right thread,
since I didn't post in it.  Anand Pillai, however, did
post sample code:

http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=8b49efa529006da0&rnum=1

-Peter