Strange C++ thread function invocation
- by Tony
I have the following:
class DThread
{
virtual void run()=0;
_beginthreadex(NULL,0,tfunc,this,0,&m_UIThreadID); // class itself being passed as param to thread function...
static unsigned int __stdcall tfunc(void* thisptr)
{
static_cast<DThread*>(thisptr)->run();
return 0;
}
//other stuff
}
The run function is implemented in a derived class.
Why is the function that's being called in the thread being called through a cast this pointer? Is this good practise?
Can't it just be called directly?
The actual function needing to run is in the derived class.
My question is
