# Function std::thread::panicking 1.0.0 [−] [src]

    pub fn panicking() -> bool

Determines whether the current thread is unwinding because of panic.

A common use of this feature is to poison shared resources when writing unsafe code, by checking `panicking` when the `drop` is called.

This is usually not needed when writing safe code, as `Mutex`es already poison themselves when a thread panics while holding the lock.

This can also be used in multithreaded applications, in order to send a message to other threads warning that a thread has panicked (e.g. for monitoring purposes).

# Examples

    use std::thread;

    struct SomeStruct;

    impl Drop for SomeStruct {
        fn drop(&mut self) {
            if thread::panicking() {
                println!("dropped while unwinding");
            } else {
                println!("dropped while not unwinding");
            }
        }
    }

    {
        print!("a: ");
        let a = SomeStruct;
    }

    {
        print!("b: ");
        let b = SomeStruct;
        panic!()
    }Run

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