diff --git a/include/nana/threads/pool.hpp b/include/nana/threads/pool.hpp
index 38d9952e..1234bcb2 100644
--- a/include/nana/threads/pool.hpp
+++ b/include/nana/threads/pool.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *	A Thread Pool Implementation
- *	Copyright(C) 2003-2016 Jinhao(cnjinhao@hotmail.com)
+ *	Copyright(C) 2003-2018 Jinhao(cnjinhao@hotmail.com)
  *
  *	Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
  *	(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@
 #ifndef NANA_THREADS_POOL_HPP
 #define NANA_THREADS_POOL_HPP
 
+#include <nana/c++defines.hpp>
 #include <nana/traits.hpp>
 #include <functional>
 #include <cstddef>
 
+#ifndef STD_THREAD_NOT_SUPPORTED
+#	include <thread>
+#endif
 
 namespace nana{
    /// Some mutex classes for synchronizing.
@@ -58,9 +62,12 @@ namespace threads
 		pool(const pool&) = delete;
 		pool& operator=(const pool&) = delete;
 	public:
-		pool();                             ///< Creates a group of threads.
+#ifndef STD_THREAD_NOT_SUPPORTED
+		pool(unsigned thread_number = std::thread::hardware_concurrency());    ///< Creates a group of threads.
+#else
+		pool(unsigned thread_number = 0);
+#endif
 		pool(pool&&);
-		pool(std::size_t thread_number);    ///< Creates a number of threads specifed by thread_number.
 		~pool();    ///< waits for the all running tasks till they are finished and skips all the queued tasks.
 
 		pool& operator=(pool&&);
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
index a2f81c39..e04c4ab8 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ namespace nana{	namespace widgets
 
 		void text_editor::copy() const
 		{
-			//Stops copying text if the text_editor is masked.
+			//Disallows copying text if the text_editor is masked.
 			if (mask_char_)
 				return;
 
diff --git a/source/threads/pool.cpp b/source/threads/pool.cpp
index e83498b0..d4b3af2f 100644
--- a/source/threads/pool.cpp
+++ b/source/threads/pool.cpp
@@ -351,10 +351,17 @@ namespace threads
 			}container_;
 		};//end class impl
 
-		pool::pool()
-			: impl_(new impl(4))
+#ifndef STD_THREAD_NOT_SUPPORTED
+		pool::pool(unsigned thread_number)
+			: impl_(new impl(thread_number ? thread_number : std::thread::hardware_concurrency()))
 		{
 		}
+#else
+		pool::pool(unsigned thread_number)
+			: impl_(new impl(0))
+		{
+		}
+#endif
 
 		pool::pool(pool&& other)
 			: pool()
@@ -362,11 +369,6 @@ namespace threads
 			std::swap(impl_, other.impl_);
 		}
 
-		pool::pool(std::size_t thread_number)
-			: impl_(new impl(thread_number))
-		{
-		}
-
 		pool& pool::operator=(pool&& other)
 		{
 			if(this != &other)