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<p>Represents a running thread.
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<p><code>#include <glibmm/thread.h></code></p>
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<div class="textblock"><p>Represents a running thread. </p>
<p>An instance of this class can only be obtained with <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread.html#a2775df2f24b6166e3fab41e69dcd04b6" title="Creates a new thread with the priority THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL. ">create()</a>, <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread.html#a9db6864c35701b1c179f48217ab76cca" title="Returns the Thread* corresponding to the calling thread. ">self()</a>, or <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread.html#a6bfbb3119eaac9fa8cb725aa1e82f61e">wrap(GThread*)</a>. It's not possible to delete a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread.html" title="Represents a running thread. ">Thread</a> object. If the thread is <em>not</em> joinable, its resources will be freed automatically when it exits. Otherwise, if the thread <em>is</em> joinable, you must call <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread.html#ab95e51699279fd84c9577c45d76b0d8e" title="Waits until the thread finishes. ">join()</a> to avoid a memory leak.</p>
<dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>g_thread_exit() is not wrapped, because that function exits a thread without any cleanup. That's especially dangerous in C++ code, since the destructors of automatic objects won't be invoked. Instead, you can throw a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread_1_1Exit.html" title="Exception class used to exit from a thread. ">Thread::Exit</a> exception, which will be caught by the internal thread entry function.</dd>
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<p>Creates a new thread with the priority <em>priority</em>. </p>
<p>The stack gets the size <em>stack_size</em> or the default value for the current platform, if <em>stack_size</em> is <code>0</code>.</p>
<p>If <em>joinable</em> is <code>true</code>, you can wait for this thread's termination by calling <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Thread.html#ab95e51699279fd84c9577c45d76b0d8e" title="Waits until the thread finishes. ">join()</a>. Otherwise the thread will just disappear, when ready. If <em>bound</em> is <code>true</code>, this thread will be scheduled in the system scope, otherwise the implementation is free to do scheduling in the process scope. The first variant is more expensive resource-wise, but generally faster. On some systems (e.g. Linux) all threads are bound.</p>
<p>The new thread executes the function or method <em>slot</em> points to. You can pass additional arguments using <a class="elRef" doxygen="/opt/gnome/share/doc/libsigc++-2.0/reference/libsigc++-2.0.tag:http://library.gnome.org/devel/libsigc++/unstable/" href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/libsigc++/unstable/group__bind.html#ga2f099bc6056b32f2a58134ba8537c6f4">sigc::bind()</a>. If the thread was created successfully, it is returned.</p>
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<p>Returns the priority of the thread. </p>
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<p>Waits until the thread finishes. </p>
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<p>Returns whether the thread is joinable. </p>
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<p>Returns the Thread* corresponding to the calling thread. </p>
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<p>Changes the priority of the thread to <em>priority</em>. </p>
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<p>Gives way to other threads waiting to be scheduled. </p>
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