In boost::thread, when a thread is created, it starts execution at that instance itself. Instead of this, is it possible to postpone the execution?
No. You can have the thread function block on a condition variable or something straight away though. That way you can control when it resumes by setting the flag and notifying the condition variable.
I know that this can be easily done in Windows with the CREATE_SUSPENDED flag. Can this be done in boost::thread? If not, I would consider this a big limitation. Do other operating systems support this? Surely, Windows isn't the only one. On that note does boost::thread support suspending and resuming thread execution? I haven't used boost::thread (only native Windows calls), so I don't know. -- Bill --