Re: [Boost-users] quick threading query

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] quick threading query
From: Vicente Botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-15 14:27:34

Sean Farrow wrote
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a quick threading query.
> I'm in the process of rewriting an application to take advantage of
> concurrency.
> This application is cross-platform so I'm looking at the boost threading
> library to solve the issue.
> When the window is created I'm creating a thread, then when the user
> chooses to quit I need to notify the created thread to stop running.
> Would a future do the job, if this is the case where should this be stored
> in the class that represents the window or in the class that represents
> the thread, I'm really not wanting to store this globally.

boost::thread::interrupt() allows you to interrupt a thread.

Vicente

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