ref. to object functions from threads

From: Luis De la Parra (lparrab_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-05 16:34:39

hi all,
is there a way to get a reference to the function object used by a 
boost::thread object??
when you create a new thread and feed it a function object it copies it and 
then starts a new thread of execution on this object.. well, I would like to 
send messages to the object in which the thread is running but I don't know 
how to do it with boos.threads...

is there a way to tell boost:thread not to copy the function object but to use 
it directly?, or to ask the thread object to give a reference to the object?

I am now doing a dirty hack which consists of the object putting itself (a 
pointer) in a static chained list during construction and remove itself in 
the destructor, this way  I can call a static member function which returns 
this list to get a hold of the object. There is also a static mutex 
protecting this list to make sure no other objects are created / destructed 
while one of them is inserting or removing itself from the list.  it is 
working, but I don't think this is a very "clean" approach.. does anyone have 
any ideas how it could be done better??

thank you.
regards, luis.