Re: output of client thread

From:
"Jonathan Mcdougall" <jonathanmcdougall@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
24 May 2006 09:22:35 -0700
Message-ID:
<1148487755.902990.291530@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
luckybalaji@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I have searched in group. I didnt get answer for my doubts. So i'm
posting this. It is very basic doubt on thread. I wrote below program
to start understanding the thread.


I don't know what book you are reading, but I think you should have a
look at www.accu.org for other suggestions.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>


These are not standard. They should be

# include <iostream>
# include <fstream>

Standard names are in namespace std. To quickly make your program work,
add

using namespace std;

but do read about namespaces (especially
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/coding-standards.html#faq-27.5).

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>


These should be

# include <cstdlib>
# include <cerrno>

#include <pthread.h>


This does not exist in standard C++, the topic of this newsgroup. For
thread related questions, you'll be better served elsewhere. See
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/how-to-post.html#faq-5.9 for
newsgroup suggestions.

extern int errno;
ofstream out;


Advice: globals are best avoided, *especially* with threads.

void* do_loop(void* data)
{
    int i;
    int me = *((int*)data);


Use C++ style casts:

int me = *reinterpret_cast<int*>(data);

    for (i=0; i<10; i++)
         out << " i " << i << " me " << me << endl;
    pthread_exit(NULL);
    return data;
}
void perror(char *str)
{
  cout << str << " : " << errno << endl;
  exit (1);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    int thr_id;
    pthread_t p_thread;
    int a = 1; /* new thread */
    int b = 2; /* main thread */


C++ is not C. See
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/coding-standards.html#faq-27.7.

    thr_id = pthread_create(&p_thread, NULL, do_loop, (void*)&a);

    if ( thr_id != 0 )
     perror("Thread create failed");

    out.open("log.txt", ios::app);
    out << "I'm from main thread " << thr_id << endl;
    out.close();

     return 0;
}


Jonathan

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