Re: VC++ 6.0 and thread example

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-10-08 11:13:44

--- In boost_at_y..., helmut.zeisel_at_a... wrote:
> I tried to compile 
> 
> http://www.boost.org/libs/thread/doc/thread.html#Example
> 
> under VC++ 6.0 and had the following problems:
> 
> 1) #include <boost/thread/xtime.hpp> is missing
> 
> 2) For some reason, "thrd" is parsed as a function pointer,
>    not as an object of class boost::thread.
> 
>    I found two workarounds for that problem:
> 
>    2a) Make two lines of code instead of one:
> 
>    thread_alarm fct(secs);
>    boost::thread thrd(fct);

Interesting.  Any standards experts wich to comment on whether this 
is a VC++ bug or a mistake in the example code?  I can change the 
code to use two lines in the documentation.

>    2b) Explicitely construct a function0 object:
> 
>    boost::thread thrd(boost::function0<void>(thread_alarm(secs)));
> 
> 3) VC++ 6.0 gives a bothersome warning if no "return 0"
>    is at the end of main.

Well, that's just a VC++ problem.  The code is valid and shouldn't 
produce a diagnostic, so I'm not going to change it.

Bill Kempf