jmzorko@mac.com wrote:

OK, i'm experiencing a crash every now and then (WIndows) and all-the- freakin'-time (Mac OSX) for my app. Looking into it, I see this, which I wrote before I understood the beauty of scoped_ptr:

template< class T > class Thread { public: Thread() : pBoostThread( NULL ), pThreadFunction( NULL ), m_ExitSignal( false ) {}

You could save some typing doing: Thread() : pBoostThread(), pThreadFunction(), m_ExitSignal() {}

return_status Init( return_status ( *pFunc )( Thread * ), T varArg ) { pThreadFunction = pFunc; varThreadArg = varArg; return SUCCESS; }

You may not need return_status here because assigning built-in types never fails. Should it fail you get a core dump.

return_status Start() { pBoostThread = new boost::thread( boost::bind( pThreadFunction, this ) ); return SUCCESS; }

No need for return_status either. If new boost::thread(...) fails it throws, so this function either returns SUCCESS or throws an exception. The former conveys no information.

return_status Exit( unsigned long exit_code ) { if ( pBoostThread ) delete pBoostThread; // ouch!!!

You don't need to check the pointer for null before delete/free, they do that for you. If this line does ouch!!!, this might be because you did not implement or prohibited copying your Thread<> objects, or you call Exit several times and it does not do pBoostThread = 0 after deleting, so that it ouch!!!es when you delete the same pBoostThread more then once. Note that destroying a boost::thread object does not destroy the thread. It merely makes it detached.

} };

I tried wrapping the icky "new boost::thread< ... >" in a boost::scoped_ptr, like so:

pBoostThread = new boost::scoped_ptr< boost::thread( boost::bind ( pThreadFunction, this ) ) >;

The proper syntax would be: boost::scoped_ptr<boost::thread> p = new boost::thread(...); You need boost::scoped_ptr<boost::thread> as a member of your class instead of pBoostThread plain pointer. Note, that by declaring boost::scoped_ptr<boost::thread> pBoostThread as a member, you also make your class non-copyable as boost::scoped_ptr<> is not copyable. You could take a 30-minute brake, get yourself your favorite drink, and peruse boost::thread documentation and examples, they are easy to follow. You might like to think again why you need Thread<>, as judging from what was posted it adds nothing to what boost::thread already provides.