Re: Creating thread from a class object
"David Lowndes" <DavidL@example.invalid> wrote in message
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Can you elaborate on that?
Briefly, my train of thought was ... a static method needs static
member variables (unless you add the complexity of passing an instance
pointer which will further confuse many) so folks will immediately
start making member variables static - "to make it work" (i.e.
compile) - which will undoubtedly be the wrong thing to do. Ultimately
Then by using a free function for the thread procedure, those developers
will start changing things into global variables.... some improvement?
it's just my gut feeling of what might happen.
In my opinion, the kind of developers you are referring to usually don't
go
around creating threads, or use static member functions for that matter.
The fact that the original question posed on this thread exists (and
the same thing crops up frequently) is proof that many developers are
confused by the situation.
That could be remedied by a note on the CreateThread page, such as "many
developers in object-oriented languages find it useful to pass the 'this' or
'self' pointer in lpParameter"
Dave