Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Thread idiom

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Thread idiom
From: anony (janezz55_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-13 21:25:06

> struct A{
> public:
>   A(){ // (1)
>     boost::thread(bind(&A::start,this)).swap(this->thr);
>   }
>   void start(){
>     ...
>   }
> private:
>   boost::thread thr;
> };
> 
> ptr_vector<A> avec;
> 
> 
> (1) you could also construct A::thr upfront, but some compilers generate
> warnings if the "this"-pointer is used in member initializers

But I am not going to be able to call, say, avec.front().interrupt(), or
avec.front().join() from outside the class this way.

Another thing, how about doing just:

thr = boost::thread(bind(&A::start, this));

I think you had to swap in earlier versions of the library. Is
assignment more efficient than swap in the newer ones?

If I have boost::thread as one of the bases no swaps or assignments are
needed btw...