Subj : Re: regarding threads in VC++, for a beginnner To : comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,comp.programming.threads From : Ian T Date : Wed Jan 26 2005 03:48 pm David Schwartz wrote: > > Thanks for replying. > > >>Does the member function use the thread's stack and run in it's "time >>slice"? > > It's instruction pointer points at the entry point to > the function you passed and its stack pointer points to the stack just > allocated for it. .... The thread is made 'ready to run' (or suspended for > functions that require you to manually start the thread). The schedule will > then allocate the thread a time slice and it will begin executing the > function in the context of that new thread. > That's the thread function , but what about the member function called from within the thread function, does it effectively become part of the thread function in all respects? Thanks, Ian .