passing data to a thread

From: d33pmind_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-11-23 10:15:28

How can I pass data to a thread ? Why does the boost::thread's 
constructor takes a boost::function0<void> as parameter, instead of a 
boost::function1<void> which would have allowed to pass it a pointer 
to a thread safe structure ?

Julien.