Yes, I use "ns_thread begindetached" regularly in AOLserver 3.3+ad13,
although not often with OpenACS (which should make no difference). It
works just fine, I believe exactly as documented. It definitely is
doing something different from just "ns_thread begin", although FYI
there was a bug in AOLserver 4 (fixed now I think) where
"begindetached" was actually just doing the same thing as "begin".
I'm not using aolserver3.3ad13-oacs1-beta-src.tar.gz, I'm using the
original 3.3+ad13 sources from aD, plus probably certain patches (I'd
have to look). This is on Solaris.
FYI, when using plain "ns_thread begin" you don't have to
wait for the thread to exit. Actually, I don't think I've ever tried
it but I don't think anything bad will happen if you let the thread
exit on its own without waiting for it. AFAIK the only difference
between "begin" and "begindetached" is: With begin, you can
wait for the thread to exit, and each such thread will count towards
your configured maxthread number until it dies. With
begindetached, you cannot wait for the thread to exit, and it
does not count towards maxthread at all.
