[Boost-users] How to retrieve a value from a thread

From: Sliwa, Przemyslaw \(London\) (Przemyslaw_Sliwa_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-09 09:46:46

All,
 
I would like to know if it is possible to retrieve a value returned from
a function which is called by a thread. 
Using boost::bind one can pass a list of arguments to a function which
is called when the boost::thread starts. 
But I would like to know what will happen if the function returns a
certain value, e.g. failure flag. Is there a way to retrieve it?
The usual way would be to pass a reference to the function and then wait
for the thread to join. Is there another way?
 
Thanks a lot for help,
 
Pshemek
 

Przemyslaw Sliwa 
Global Foreign Exchange 

FX Risk Engine Development
Merrill Lynch 
(   [phone] 
)         +44  (0)79 6325 2319
*   Email: przemyslaw_sliwa_at_[hidden]
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