Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread: class member problem

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost thread: class member problem
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-27 09:17:19

"Patricia Hazel Shaw [phs]" <phs_at_[hidden]> writes:

> class Board{
> public:
> 	void pressButton(int button);
> 	void boxAction(int box);
> private:
> 	boost::thread_group threads;
> };
>
> void Board::pressButton(int button){
> 	if(button=1){
> 		threads.create_thread(&boxAction,1);

create_thread() takes a single callable object as the parameter, so if
you want to call a member function you must wrap it with bind:

threads.create_thread(boost::bind(&Board::boxAction,this,1));

Anthony
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