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#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <system_error>

#include "rclcpp_components/component_manager.hpp"

#include "rcpputils/thread_name.hpp"

namespace rclcpp_components
{
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DedicatedExecutorWrapper & wrapper = result.first->second;
wrapper.executor = exec;
auto & thread_initialized = wrapper.thread_initialized;
auto name = node_wrappers_[node_id].get_node_base_interface()->get_name();
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we would want to add the docstring about this behavior including truncating the node name into 16bytes depending on the platform? it also can mention that if using MultiThreadedExecutor, all the threads in that will be named same.

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You mean to the docstring of set_thread_name or elsewhere?

  • Document truncation behavior

// Copy name so that it doesn't deallocate before the thread is started
wrapper.thread = std::thread(
[exec, &thread_initialized]() {
[exec, &thread_initialized, name]() {
try {
rcpputils::set_thread_name(name);
} catch (const std::system_error & e) {
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include <system_error>

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  • include system error

RCLCPP_WARN(rclcpp::get_logger("rclcpp"), "Failed to set thread name: %s (%s)", e.what(),
e.code().message().c_str());
}
thread_initialized = true;
exec->spin();
});
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