That's why I've always liked Java's take on this. Throw an InterruptedException and the thread is considered terminated once that has dropped all the way throug

That's why I've always liked Java's take on this. Throw an InterruptedException and the thread is considered terminated once that has dropped all the way through. You can also defer the exception for some time if it takes time to clean something up. The only issue there is that sometimes library code will incorrectly defer the exception (i.e. suppress it) but otherwise it's pretty good.