Re: boost::threads queation

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-18 14:20:56

--- In Boost-Users_at_y..., Mark Storer <mstorer_at_c...> wrote:
> This has little to do with boost (which, again, is why I can 
answer; at
> least in part)
> 
> A member function cannot be addressed like a regular function.  Ask 
yourself
> this question:  With just a function pointer to go by, what will the
> compiler use for 'this'?
> 
> The Good News: STL contains a template functor to take care of this 
for you:
> "std::mem_fun".  I haven't messed with it personally, but the docs 
sure make
> it sound like it would do the trick.
> 
> The Bad News:  I'm not so sure the thread class will let you use 
it.  
> 
> I'm not familiar with the function0<> template, so I don't know 
whether or
> not std::mem_fun will work with boost::thread.

Any function object that takes no parameters and returns void will 
work here.  This includes std::mem_fun.  I might suggest boost::bind 
instead, though.  It's a little more flexible then the adapters 
provided by the standard.

Bill Kempf