Re: [thread] thread_group create_thread template function

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Williams" <anthony_w.geo <at> yahoo.com>
To: <boost <at> lists.boost.org>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] thread_group create_thread template function

> "vicente.botet" <vicente.botet <at> wanadoo.fr> writes:
>
>> the thread_group::create_thread takes a const function0<void> parameter:
>>     thread* create_thread(const function0<void>& threadfunc);
>>
>> The function0 implies already a memory allocation. The templated version
>> look like:
>>
>>     template <class Threadable>
>>     thread* thread_group::create_thread(Threadable threadfunc)
>>     {
>>         // No scoped_lock required here since the only "shared data" 
>> that's
>>         // modified here occurs inside add_thread which does scoped_lock.
>>         std::auto_ptr<thread> thrd(new thread(threadfunc));
>>         add_thread(thrd.get());
>>         return thrd.release();
>>     }
>>
>> Which works faster because no need to allocate memory for the
>> boost::function0<void()>.
>>
>> Anthony, if there is nothing wrong, could this substitute the 
>> create_thread