// Copyright (C) 2003 Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
// License: Boost Software License See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
#ifndef DLIB_THREADS_KERNEL_2_CPp_
#define DLIB_THREADS_KERNEL_2_CPp_
#include "../platform.h"
#ifdef DLIB_POSIX
#include "threads_kernel_2.h"
namespace dlib
{
namespace threads_kernel_shared_helpers
{
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
struct info
{
void* param;
void (*funct)(void*);
};
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void* thread_starter (
void* param
)
{
info* alloc_p = static_cast<info*>(param);
info p = *alloc_p;
delete alloc_p;
// detach self
pthread_detach(pthread_self());
p.funct(p.param);
return 0;
}
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool spawn_thread (
void (*funct)(void*),
void* param
)
{
info* p;
try { p = new info; }
catch (...) { return false; }
p->funct = funct;
p->param = param;
pthread_t thread_id;
if ( pthread_create (&thread_id, 0, thread_starter, p) )
{
delete p;
return false;
}
return true;
}
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}
}
#endif // DLIB_POSIX
#endif // DLIB_THREADS_KERNEL_2_CPp_