Re: new and delete from different threads
Dilip wrote:
struct GenericPointerDeleter
{
template<typename T>
void operator()(T* p)
{
if (ptr != 0)
{
delete ptr;
ptr = 0;
}
}
};
- 'ptr', undeclared identifier, you mean 'p'.
- No need to check for zero before invoking delete.
- 'ptr' is a local variable, no use to zero it.
{
vecptrs myptrs;
CreateThread(...... (LPVOID)&myptrs........);
// use some platform specific API to wait until
threadcallbackroutine terminates
pseudo_wait_for_terminate(threadcallbackroutine);
for_each(myptrs.begin(), myptrs.end(), GenericPointerDeleter());
}
DWORD WINAPI threadcallbackroutine(LPVOID param)
{
vecptrs* my_ptrs = static_cast<vecptrs*>(param);
my_ptrs->push_back(new classofpointers());
return 0;
}
I have vastly simplified what is essentially happening in my
application...
Should I be careful about new'ing and deleting from the same thread?
You mean from different threads ;)
No, that is a typical producer-consumer scenario and well supported.
Uli
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