yes I too feel that you are right, and I think that the problem is with the shared_ptr (shared_from_this()) . Can anyone suggest a way to reduce the shared_ptr reference count at the end of the thread execution, so that all referece will be reduced and the respective destructor will be called.
Thanks a lot,
Lloyd
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From: Shiou Ming Lee
To: boost-users@lists.boost.org
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Automatic thread join
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Lloyd wrote:
This is the way I create new thread
void TCPConnection::MyFunction()
{
....
boost::thread *th=new boost::thread(boost::bind(&TCPConnection::ExecutionRoutine,shared_from_this(),Command));
....
}
when the ExecutionRoutine() finishes its execution, naturally the destructor of the TCPConnection class has to be called. But it never gets called! But if call a join from someware else (th->join()) the destructor of the TCPConnection class gets called and the connection is terminated, otherwise the it continues in the connected state!!
What could be the mistake I am doing?
If not mistaken that's the normal behavior which requires parent thread to join() its child threads, for proper release of thread resources, and I don't think it is specific to Boost.Thread. I might be wrong though.
Thanks,
Lloyd
What kind of waist?
I guess the name of the function mislead you. join() in this context
means "wait" - nothing more.
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