pthreads and C++

Question

I am playing with C++ and pthreads and so far so good. I can access a class member function if it\'s static and I\'ve read that I can access a normal class member functions if I

Answer 1

Pass a struct pointer.

struct Arg {
  MyClass* _this;
  int      another_arg;
};

...

Arg* arg = new Arg;
arg->_this = this;
arg->another_arg = 12;
pthread_create(..., arg);
...
delete arg;

Answer 2

you can try boost thread library and use boost::bind() Here's an example,

class MyThread
{
public:
    MyThread( /* Your arguments here */) : m_thread(NULL)
    {
        m_thread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&MyThread::thread_routine, this));
    }

    ~MyThread()
    {
        stop();
    }

    void stop()
    {
        if (m_thread)
        {
            m_thread->interrupt(); 
            m_thread->join();
        }
    }

private:
    void thread_routine() {... /* you can access a/b here */}


private:
    int a;
    int b;
    boost::thread *m_thread;
};