How to get std::thread of current thread?

Question

How can I get a std::thread object representing current (already running thread).

I know I can do std::this_thread::get_id(). However, this

Answer 1

You can't get a std::thread object referring to a thread that wasn't created by the std::thread constructor. Either consistently use the C++ thread library, or don't use it at all. If the current thread was created by pthread_create, for example, it will need to be joined to using pthread_join.