Re: [Boost-users] boost::thread Destructor being called multiple times

From: kaliwanagan_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-08-26 01:51:22

On Saturday 25 August 2007 23:46:53 Darren Garvey wrote:
> On 25/08/07, Nat Goodspeed <nat.goodspeed_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > At 09:51 AM 8/25/2007, kaliwanagan wrote:
> > >I was just curious as to why the class destructor are (apparently)
> > >being called multiple times. I have tried searching the archives to no
> > >avail (which prompted me to register and post to the mailinglist).
> >
> >    Try defining an explicit copy constructor with a message like the
> > others. I believe the issue is that your object is being passed by
> > value, and being copied a few times along the way. You're not seeing
> > your no-args constructor message because the other new instances are
> > invoking the copy constructor.
>
> One way to avoid it might be using:
>
> void testBoostThread()
> {
>    boost::thread thrd (boost::ref(testclass)); // pass testclass by
> reference
>    thrd.join();
> }

Thanks, I just tried this and now it gives me saner destruction sequences :)