Re: [Boost-users] Passing an argument to threads (boost::thread)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-24 20:23:44

on Sat Aug 23 2008, Jean-Sebastien Stoezel <js.stoezel-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> How to pass arguments to a thread?
>
> From the documentation I thought I could do this:
> mp_ProcessorListenerThread = new boost::thread(ProcessorListener, this);
>
> However I get the following error:
> 'boost::thread::thread' : no overloaded function takes 2 arguments

I'm just curious: is there some good reason you've chosen to dynamically
allocate thread objects?

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