Hello all . i have been trying to selectively dispose a thread among some other threads , but so far i wasnt successful in finding a way to do it . suppose i have a simple function which identifies any threads which gets into it and if a specific one is located ,it is disposed . simply sth like this : #include <boost/signal.hpp> #include <iostream> #include <boost/thread.hpp> using namespace std; boost::thread threadarray[3]; int t(int x) { boost::id id(); switch(boost::this_thread::get_id()) { case threadarray[0].get_id(): cout<<"thread 1"; break; case threadarray[1].get_id(): * DISPOSE THIS THREAD or CHANGE OWNERSHITP, OR GET ANOTHER JOB TO IT , OR CHECK IF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT* break; case threadarray[3].get_id(): cout<<"thread 3"; break; default: cout<<"default"; } return 0; } int main() { boost::thread t1(t,5), t2(t,6),t3(t,7); threadarray[0] = t1.move(); threadarray[1] = t2.move(); threadarray[2] = t3.move(); for(int i = 0; i <3;i++) { threadarray[i].join(); } system("pause"); } i cant either use a switch statement to identify which thread im dealing with at the moment , nor can i find any means to keep track of my threads , and manage them in situations like this ( i already tried vector(boost::thread> my vect; and tries to use std::for_each(vect.begin(),vect.end(),somefunction_accepting boost::thread) , this doesnt work !! ) any idea how i can achieve sth similar? Thanks in advance