boost:thread - compiler error

Question

I wanted to use boost::thread in my program, but get the following compiler error (Visual Studio 2005):

Error   1   **error C2064**: term does not evaluate t         


        

Answer 1

Member functions have a this pointer as the first argument. Since there is a boost::thread constructor that accepts function arguments, you don't need to use boost::bind. This will also work:

void HelloWorld::entry()
{
    boost::thread thrd(&HelloWorld::hello,this);
    thrd.join();
}

If your function requires arguments, you can put them after the this pointer argument.