Subj : Re: How to pass class-member function to pthread_create(....)?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Torsten Robitzki
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 05:11 pm

Vyacheslav Kononenko wrote:

> 
> Maciej Sobczak wrote:

>>The trick with static member is popular, but incorrect, at least with
>>pthreads (but it may work elsewhere, like with Windows API when compiled
>>with Microsoft compilers).
>>
> 
> Hmm if its unsafe to use a different linkage function by a pointer, why
> C++ compiler does not warn at least? In ideal it should fail to compile
> when I try to assign incompatible pointers, shall it not?.

There are a lot of thinks C++ compiler don't have to warn about. And on 
compiler / platforms, where the ABI for static member functions are 
equal to those of C functions, there is no technical difference in the 
pointer type and it might be hard to implement such a warning.

best regards
Torsten

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