Re: [Boost-users] How to sleep inside a boost::thread?

From: Pedro Lamarão (pedro.lamarao_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-15 22:58:16

Darren Garvey escreveu:
> 
> 
> On 16/03/07, *Meryl Silverburgh* <silverburgh.meryl_at_[hidden] 
> <mailto:silverburgh.meryl_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     If I create a boost::thread like this:
> 
>     boost::thread thrd1(&reader);
> 
>     1. how can I sleep inside the thread? (in the method 'reader')
> 
> 
> I don't know of any portable way to sleep/pause the function. One 
> (perhaps unhelpful) option could be std:: cin.get()? This would pause 
> the thread until you hit the keyboard, although I'm unsure if any 
> locking issues arise here (I don't _think_ they would).

You can block a thread by trying to lock an already locked mutex.

If you must wake the thread when a certain condition is met by the 
program, just release the lock when the condition is met.

If you must wake the thread after a T amount of time, use a timed lock 
with a T timeout.

--
  Pedro Lamarão