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

From: William E. Kempf (wekempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-30 09:25:38

Philippe A. Bouchard said:
> 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?

No, and why would you want to?  Especially since it will be a pointer to a
_copy_ of the functor?

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William E. Kempf