Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Thread contained within a class?

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-07 15:16:23

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of 
> Joshua ChaitinPollak
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a question about Boost.Thread. I am trying to create a class  
> which upon instantiation creates a thread based upon itself, 
> and then  
> on destruction, stops the thread and cleans up after itself. 
> A simple  
> example is below. Is this possible, and if not, what alternatives do  
> I have?

It should be possible the way you've outlined it except for the fact
that you try to initialize a pointer with an unrelated type and also
never initialize the background thread. Are there specific problems that
you are having?