C++: Creating new thread using pthread_create, to run a class member function

Question

I have the following class:

class A
{
    private:
        int starter()
        {
             //TO_DO: pthread_create()
        }

        void* threadStar         


        

Answer 1

If you insist on using the native pthreads interface, then you must provide an ordinary function as the entry point. A typical example:

class A
{
private:
    int starter()
    {
        pthread_t thr;
        int res = pthread_create(&thr, NULL, a_starter, this);
        // ...
    }
public:
    void run();
};

extern "C" void * a_starter(void * p)
{
    A * a = reinterpret_cast(p);
    a->run();
    return NULL;
}