Re: [Boost-users] Creating a thread and blocking its execution

Hello,

I use boost::thread as follow:

mp_Thread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(CSubsystem::TaskWrapper,

On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:31 PM, Jean-Sebastien Stoezel wrote: this));

to create a thread in an initialization method. I observe that this

thread

gets to run before my initialization method has completed its execution.

I would like to create a thread from this initialization method, and wait for it to execute until the whole initialization process it done. Is it possible to create a thread in suspended mode, and then release it once the system is ready? Or do I need to use a synchronization mechanism like a semaphore to release it?

Jean-Sebastien

What prevents you from creating the thread as the last step in your initialization method?