creating a thread using a class member function

[kkerbel]

class a {
   void afunction(int a);
   ...
};

//this is obviously an incomplete class...just trying to make clear what I'm trying to do... :-)

how do I go about doing something like...

thread dosomething(afunction, 32);
dosomething.detach();

[Anthony Williams]

To create a thread using a class member function you need to pass a "this" pointer as the second parameter to the std::thread constructor:

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a an_a_object;
std::thread dosomething(&a::afunction, &an_a_object,32); // a pointer to an a
std::thread t2(&a::function,std::ref(an_a_object),32); // a reference wrapped in std::ref
std::thread t3(&a::function,a(),32); // an rvalue, which is copied/moved into the thread storage

You might like to see my Multithreading in C++0x tutorial series. Member functions are covered in Part 3: Starting Threads with Member Functions and Reference Arguments

[kkerbel]

As always...thanks!