is it acceptable to use ThreadPool in a library?

Question

is it acceptable to use ThreadPool in a library?

because that obviously might cause some unpleasant problems if the user of your library is using ThreadPool as well (due to ThreadPool being a static class of course)..

what's the convention?

Answer 1

Yes.I think it is appropriate to make use of the ThreadPool in library code. Even if the user may use ThreadPool outside, ThreadPool is still good enough to tune itself.

On the other hand, as a library developer, you should provide flexibility: user may choose to use ThreadPool, a specific thread(s), or even a 3rd party thread pool implementation.

Answer 2

Yes.

As long as it's well documented, and you provide methods to allow the user of the library to control the threadpool, such as min/max threads and maybe the option to not use a threadpool at all.

You should also make it very clear which exposed parts of your library are threadsafe and which are not.