how to create a new thread using carbon c++?

[chidambaram]

Hi all,

I am working in carbon c++ application using XCode in MAC Machine.

I have to create two new threads in my program.

How can i create a thread and use it in my program.

Please give some sample samples.

Thanks in advance and urgent plz.........

[kainjow]

You want to use POSIX threads: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Multithreading/CreatingThreads/chapter_4_section_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000057i-CH15-SW12

[chidambaram]

Thanks for ur reply..

Is it possible to place function PosixThreadMainRoutine (which in given in the program of your link) in a class.

If i use that function as member function then following errors will occur

1. ISO c++ forbids taking the address of an unqualified or parenthesized non-static member function to form a pointer to member function. Say '&MainWindow::PosixThreadMainRoutine'

2. Cannot convert 'void*(MainWindow::*)(void*)' to 'void*(*)(void*)' for argument 3 to int pthread_create(_opaque-pthread_t**,const pthread_attr_t*,void*(*)(void*),void*)'

In my class i declared the function as

void * PosixThreadMainRoutine(void*)

I called that function as

void MainWindow::PosixThreadMainRoutine(void *data)
{
printf("This is function");

}

[kainjow]

I don't think you can have it call directly into a C++ function, but the callback function can take a pointer to some user data, which you set in the last argument of pthread_create(). I don't have an example but you need to set the argument to "this" and then reference that inside the thread.

[gnasher729]

Thanks for ur reply..

Is it possible to place function PosixThreadMainRoutine (which in given in the program of your link) in a class.

If i use that function as member function then following errors will occur

1. ISO c++ forbids taking the address of an unqualified or parenthesized non-static member function to form a pointer to member function. Say '&MainWindow::PosixThreadMainRoutine'

Find a good tutorial about pthreads. There are plenty on the web. Most explain how to do what you want to do. Here's what you do: Write your class. In the implementation of the class, write a static function (not a class member, a plain static function) posix_thread_func that has the form that you need for the posix thread. In some class member function you will create the thread; that member function will create the posix thread and pass posix_thread_func and its own "this" pointer to the thread creation. As a result, posix_thread_func will be called with "this" as its argument. Cast the argument to the proper class pointer, and you are there.