Re: [Boost-users] Why does boost thread copy a functor?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Why does boost thread copy a functor?
From: Chris Cleeland (chris.cleeland_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-21 21:47:43

Niklas,

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Niklas Angare <li51ckf02_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> "Chris Cleeland" wrote:
>>
>> I discussed the issue with a few
>> colleagues and asked what they would expect to happen, and they all
>> had similar expectations to mine (that the functor was not copied).
>
> The documentation is crystal clear, though:
> "Effects: func is copied into storage managed internally by the thread
> library"
>
> (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html#thread.thread_management.thread.callable_constructor)
>

Indeed, you are correct.  I read many parts of the documentation, but
not that. I even looked at examples and the tutorial.

-- 
Chris Cleeland