[Boost-users] boost::thread no parameter?

From: GoochRules! (goochrules_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-10 18:27:26

Greetings,

I'm wondering why there is no option to pass a parameter to a thread 
function with boost's threads.  With pthreads and Windows CreateThread 
I'm used to casting an object to a void*, and retrieving the object 
within the thread function.  The only thing similar with boost::thread 
seems to be to create a struct with an operator()() and a constructor 
that takes a void*.  operator()() then calls an external function with 
the passed void*.

Just curious about this design decision.

--M Peltzer