Question

I have a class with some function like:

void workerFunc(int ClassVariable)  
{  
    boost::posix_time::seconds workTime(classVariableA);  

    std::cout << "Worker: running" << std::endl;  

    // Pretend to do something useful...  
    boost::this_thread::sleep(workTime);  


    std::cout << ClassVariable << std::endl;  
    std::cout << "Worker: finished" << std::endl;  
}  

which I want to be in threads. and some other function that I want to work like

while(1)
{
 boost::thread workerThread(workerFunc(ClassVariableB));  
}

so it will create thread each time it can. But what I need is for that thread to auto destruct itself when it is finished. How to do such thing?

Answer 1

You do not have to do anything for that. You just have to make sure that the thread really finishes (i.e. no infinite loops or such).