Subj : Re: How to pass class-member function to pthread_create(....)?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Vyacheslav Kononenko
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 11:15 am



Chris Thomasson wrote:
> >> Unfortunately extern "C" is necessary if your interested in creating
> >> "correct code"...
> > The problem is using extern "C" does _NOT_ make 100% correct code
> > either. It could be safer to do that. But could be safer is different
> > than correct/incorrect statements showed here.
>
> I would argue that it is "correct" to use extern "C" for the functions you
> pass to a pthreads library; pthreads is a C library after all...

extern "C" does not gurantee that your C++ function would be correctly
callable from any C code. So I do not agree with statement that says:
"static member solution is incorrect when extern "C" function is". It
could be safer that's all.

Regards,
Vyacheslav

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