Re: Creating thread in C++
On Dec 26 2007, 7:11 pm, "AnonMail2...@gmail.com"
<AnonMail2...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Dec 26, 9:11 am, mthread <rjk...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am trying to create a thread by doing some thing like this.
class myclass
{
private :
.....
public :
void* My_function(void* voidPtr);
}
int main()
{
pthread_t tId;
myclass obj;
pthread_create(&tId, NULL, obj.My_function, NULL);
}
I get compilation error when i do this. I have a good experience in
multithreaded programming using C. But this is the first time I am
trying to do it in C++. I might be naive. I would like to know how I
can create a thread in C++(using C posix threads).
Making your function static or free standing (not part of a
class) should do the trick to make it look like a "C"
function.
I'm not sure what you mean be "look like a C function". The
function must have the type ``extern "C" void* f( void* )'', and
a member function cannot have that type.
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