Re: [Boost-users] Boost shared pointers, PThreads and void* casts

From: STenyaK (Bruno Gonzalez) (stenyak_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-19 12:24:59

On 12/19/07, Andrew Holden <aholden_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> STenyaK (Bruno Gonzalez) [stenyak_at_[hidden]] wrote:
> > On 12/19/07, Andrew Holden <aholden_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> typedef shared_ptr<MyClass> pMyClass;
> >> void* MyClass::actionThread(void *objectPointer)
> >> {
> >>     MyClass * _obj = static_cast<MyClass*>(objectPointer);
> >>     pMyClass obj = _obj->shared_from_this();
> >>     obj->action(false);
> >> }
> >>
> >> void MyClass::action(bool threaded)
> >> {
> >>     if (threaded)
> >>     {
> >>         pthread_t tid;
> >>         pthread_create(&tid, 0, actionThread, this)
        sleep(1);
> >>     } else {
> >>         //TODO: actually perform the action
> >>     }
> >> }
> >> ----------------------------

I'm still getting crashes. By adding that sleep sentence i seem to
prevent them (or most of them).

So i guess i have to add a wait right there, in order to make sure
that _obj still exists when trying to get its shared_from_this?

-- 
Saludos,
     Bruno González
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