Re: ptr to function with param

From:
"Robster" <rob_marion1@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
20 Nov 2006 21:00:05 -0500
Message-ID:
<1164053008.017762.232290@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>
Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:

Robster wrote:

void pollMode( Controller& ctrl );

[...]

   Controller* ctrl = m_pCtrl.get();

   void (*pPollMode) ( Controller&) = pollMode;

   pPollMode( *ctrl ); // ok, this works.

   // I want to pass ctrl to pollMode
   // so I can do this ...
   boost::thread thr( pPollMode ); // ooops


boost::thread takes a boost::function, which is in fact a wrapper for
something that can be called (function pointer, member function pointer,
object with overloaded operator()). In order to add arguments, use
boost::bind (In fact I'm surprised that this isn't mentioned in their
FAQ..)

Uli


Very nice. I now have:

void SomeClass::startPolling( ) {

    // I want to pass ctrl to pollMode
   Controller* ctrl = m_pCtrl.get();

   boost::thread thr( boost::bind(pPollMode, *ctrl) );
}

I wish Boost were better documented. Thanks.
Rob

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