How to decide which type of thread to use?

[lucky6969b]

There are gnu thread, c thread, posix thread and win32 thread
which all can be used on windows platform.
How, why and when do I need them?

#ifndef C_THREAD_H_
#define C_THREAD_H_

extern "C"
{
#include <cthread.h>
}

#ifndef BOOLEAN_H_
#  include <Common/Boolean.h>
#endif

class Thread;

/*
 * General notes: the C Threads library does not have any notion of priorities.
 */

/*
 * This is a threads interface to the C threads library.
 */

class ThreadData
{
public:
    ThreadData ();
    ~ThreadData ();
    
    cthread_t cid;
    mutex_t   mx;
    Boolean   dead;

    static void* Execute (void* p1);
    
    static long base_key;
    static Thread* mainThread;
    static long mainThreadID;
};

class C_Mutex : public Mutex
{
public:
    C_Mutex ();
    ~C_Mutex ();

    Boolean lock ();
    Boolean unlock ();

private:
    mutex_t _theLock;
};

#endif

This simply won't compile with Visual C++ because there isn't any cthread.h header file there.
Thanks
Jack

[Arjay]

On Windows, I use:

_beginthreadex and QueueUserWorkItem.

[lucky6969b]

Do I need to make up a variable in order to "hold" the thread?
I notice that _beginthreadex just returns a handle.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdzttdcb.aspx

Thanks
Jack

[Arjay]

Do I need to make up a variable in order to "hold" the thread?
I notice that _beginthreadex just returns a handle.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdzttdcb.aspx

Thanks
Jack

Yes, The link you posted contains an example of _beginthreadex. Also check out QueueUserWorkItem - it's a thread pool mechanism.

[razzle]

There are gnu thread, c thread, posix thread and win32 thread
which all can be used on windows platform.
How, why and when do I need them?

And then there are the C++ 11 threads. Concurrency is now part of standard C++,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193...pf_rd_i=507846

[Arjay]

And then there are the C++ 11 threads. Concurrency is now part of standard C++,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193...pf_rd_i=507846

That would definitely be a better way to go if you are using C++ 11 or better.