Delayed start of a thread in C++ 11

Question

I\'m getting into C++11 threads and have run into a problem.

I want to declare a thread variable as global and start it later.

However all the examples I\'ve

Answer 1

You could use singleton pattern. Or I would rather say antipattern.

Inside a singleton you would have std::thread object encapsulated. Upon first access to singleton your thread will be created and started.