[boost] Re: thread::current() ?

From: Philippe A. Bouchard (philippeb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-28 17:32:12

Howard Hinnant wrote:

> On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 02:43  PM, Philippe A. Bouchard wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>>
>>     I was wondering if you were planning to implement some static
>> thread &
>> thread::current() that returns the current thread id (& thread).  That
>> would
>> be really useful.
> 
> The thread default constructor serves this role:
> 
> void foo()
> {
>      thread self;  // current thread
>      ...
> }

Thanks... but is it possible to obtain the initial address of the functor
object portably, given the current thread object?

Philippe