Re: [boost] storing a function pointer in pthread thread-specific data

From: Darin Adler (darin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-11 10:07:50

on 10/11/01 8:04 AM, helmut.zeisel_at_[hidden] at helmut.zeisel_at_[hidden] wrote:

> As I understand, this might be a real problem:
> 
> A pointer to a function is needed as thread specific data,
> pthreads assumes that all data can be casted to void*,
> and ISO C++ forbids casting between pointer-to-function and
> pointer-to-object :-(

The conventional solution to this is to create a object containing the
pointer to the function, and using a pointer to that as the thread-specific
data. The only issue then making sure that the object is deleted.

    -- Darin