Sean Kelly <sean@ffwd.cx> writes:
scott wrote:
very briefly, the boost model treats threads as a resource (fair enough to :-) and submits code fragments for asynchronous execution. in the alternate model, threads come about as a consequence of instantiating final (a la java) objects.
This is how I've always dealt with threads. I think you can create the same effect with Boost threads if you really want to however:
struct A { boost::thread* t; A() { t = new boost::thread( *this ); } void operator()() { ... } };
The only irritating thing is that Boost threads need to be passed the executing object on construction so you need to allocate it dynamically.
You might be able to get around that using boost::optional. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com