How do I make a function asynchronous in C++?

Question

I want to call a function which will be asynchronous (I will give a callback when this task is done).

I want to do this in single thread.

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand what you want, but if it's how to make use of a callback: It works by defining a function pointer, like this (untested):

// Define callback signature.
typedef void (*DoneCallback) (int reason, char *explanation);

// A method that takes a callback as argument.
void doSomeWorkWithCallback(DoneCallback done)
{
    ...
    if (done) {
       done(1, "Finished");
    }   
}

//////

// A callback
void myCallback(int reason, char *explanation)
{
    printf("Callback called with reason %d: %s", reason, explanation);
}

/////

// Put them together
doSomeWortkWithCallback(myCallback);