Chapter 17. Thread

Anthony Williams

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Table of Contents

Overview

Changes since boost 1.34

Thread Management

Class thread
Namespace this_thread
Class thread_group

Synchronization

Mutex Concepts
Lock Types
Mutex Types
Condition Variables
One-time Initialization
Barriers

Thread Local Storage

Class thread_specific_ptr

Acknowledgments

Overview

Boost.Thread enables the use of multiple threads of execution with shared data in portable C++ code. It provides classes and functions for managing the threads themselves, along with others for synchronizing data between the threads or providing separate copies of data specific to individual threads.

The Boost.Thread library was originally written and designed by William E. Kempf. This version is a major rewrite designed to closely follow the proposals presented to the C++ Standards Committee, in particular N2497, N2320, N2184, N2139, and N2094

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