Subj : Re: a thread question
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : loic-dev
Date : Thu May 12 2005 05:41 am

Hi!

> Hi I am writing a multithreads program.
> I have a variable in the main thread,

Do you mean, your variable is declared in the main's body?


> can I use it at the child thread?

To be visible from every threads, the variable must be global.


> For example I have a count in main,
> when the count reaches 10, I will execute some command at the child
> is it OK?

If you want to react when a certain predicate becomes true (here, your
count reaches 10), then you might want to consider a Pthreads
synchronization tool called "condition variables". 


HTH,
Loic.

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