thread Class Reference

Spawns and represents a new thread of execution. More...

#include <thread.hpp>

Public Types
typedef std::thread::id	id

Public Member Functions
	~thread ()
	Implicitly calls join()
bool	run (std::function< void()> &&f)
	Start the thread. More...
void	join ()
	Join the thread. More...
bool	joinable () const
	A thread is joinable after having been started and before it has been joined. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static id	own_id ()
	Returns unique id of the thread calling the function.

Friends
class	impl

Detailed Description

Spawns and represents a new thread of execution.

This is a replacement of std::thread. Unfortunately std::thread isn't implemented on all MinGW flavors. Most notably, MinGW as shipped by Debian Jessie does not have std::thread.

This class only supports joinable threads.

Remarks

Detached threads aren't implemented since they essentially race conditions by design. You cannot use a detached thread and shutdown your program cleanly.

Member Function Documentation

join()

void join

(

)

Join the thread.

join blocks until the spawn thread has quit.

You must call this at the latest in the destructor of the most-derived class.

Must not be called from the spawned thread.

After a successful join you can call run again to spawn another thread.

joinable()

bool joinable

(

)

const

A thread is joinable after having been started and before it has been joined.

Must not be called from the spawned thread.

run()

bool run

(

std::function< void()> &&

f

)

Start the thread.

If a thread has already been started and not yet joined, this function fails.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• thread.hpp