C++ using this pointer in constructors

Question

In C++, during a class constructor, I started a new thread with this pointer as a parameter which will be used in the thread extensively (say, call

Answer 1

Depends on what you do after starting the thread. If you perform initialization work after the thread has started, then it could use data that is not properly initialized.

You can reduce the risks by using a factory method that first creates an object, then starts the thread.

But I think the greatest flaw in the design is that, for me at least, a constructor that does more than "construction" seems quite confusing.