RE: [boost] Re: Threads & Exceptions

From: Moore, Dave (dmoore_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-06 15:40:50

> To truly solve this [and other similar problems], you'd need a rather 
> simple mechanism of pre-destructors [base class: call join(); in this 
> case] and post-constructors [base class: call "start()"; to avoid two
> phase construction, sort of]. ;-)

Can't your suggestion be solved with something like:

class pre_post_hooks<typename myclass> : public myclass
{
public: 
        pre_post_hooks() : myclass()
        { start();}
        virtual ~pre_post_hooks()
        { join(); }
};

modify as necessary for passing args to constructor....

Dave

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