Use timer_create() for the interval timer, if available

[ghc-hetmet.git] / rts / win32 / Ticker.c

diff --git a/rts/win32/Ticker.c b/rts/win32/Ticker.c
index 7701a3b..5b41494 100644 (file)
--- a/rts/win32/Ticker.c
+++ b/rts/win32/Ticker.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ TimerProc(PVOID param)
 }
 
 
-int
+void
 startTicker(nat ms, TickProc handle_tick)
 {
   unsigned threadId;
@@ -95,10 +95,14 @@ startTicker(nat ms, TickProc handle_tick)
                               (LPVOID)ms,
                               0,
                               &threadId);
-  return (tickThread != 0);
+
+  if (tickThread == 0) {
+      sysErrorBelch("_beginthreadex");
+      stg_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
 }
 
-int
+void
 stopTicker(void)
 {
     // We must wait for the ticker thread to terminate, since if we
@@ -125,5 +129,4 @@ stopTicker(void)
            TerminateThread(tickThread, 0);
        }
     }
-    return 0;
 }