Re: [Boost-users] How to create a timer in boost::thread

You can check boost::asio (http://asio.sourceforge.net/) Here you can find pretty simple examples for boost::asio::deadline_timer which is (I think so) answer on both of your questions. HTH, Sergey 2007/6/17, Meryl Silverburgh :

Hi,

Can you please tell me if i can do this with boost::thread library?

1. create a timer (say 5 seconds) which execute a function in a different thread when it expires. 2. the creator can cancel the timer before it expires.

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