thread return

[compuKidd]

where does the number returned by the thread function goes???

[couling]

This is platform dependent.

In windows you can use the GetExitCodeThread Function to retreave the return value.

Hope this helps.

[compuKidd]

I'll have to try it but it seems like the right function.
for future reference I want to know the return value cause what I'm doing is returning an address to a variable I need to use in the main;

unsigned __stdcall foos(void *param)
{
	char *fName=(char*)param;
	ifstream in(fName);
	int *ret=getStatistics(in);
	return reinterpret_cast<unsigned>(ret);
}

now in main:

uintptr_t th1=_beginthreadex(NULL,0,foo1,NULL,0,NULL);
int *stat=reinterpret_cast<int*>(getreturn(th1));//getreturn fictional function just to illustrate my intentions

thanks "couling"