Re: Boost threads and overloaded call operator
On Jun 22, 11:31 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
* pauldepst...@att.net:
I ran the following code which outputs two lines of text on the
screen. I can understand why the line x(); outputs a line of text
because that's the normal form of the overloaded call operator
operator()()
But it's puzzling to me why the lines boost::thread t((x)); =
t.join
(); also output a line of text on the screen.
To me the line boost::thread t((x)) doesn't seem to be applying the
overloaded call operator.
I would have thought that the overloaded call operator is implemented
via x(); or via x.operator();
I'd be grateful if someone could explain why boost::thread t((x));
apparently implements the overloaded call operator.
Thank you very much,
Paul Epstein
#include <boost\thread\thread.hpp>
#include <iostream>
class SayHello
{
public:
void operator()()
{
std::cout<<"I expected this line to occur once, not
twice!"<<std::endl;
}
};
int main()
{ SayHello x;
boost::thread t((x));
t.join();
1.
x();
2.
}
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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Sorry Alf, but I still don't understand.
If you omit the x(); line, I don't understand how the operator()() is
being called.
Please could you explain why the first three lines of code implement
the operator()()
Thanks,
Paul
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