<alternative exemplar> When I implemented the Leader-Follower thread pattern described by Schmidt, et al in Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, I couldn't figure out a way around comparing the thread id to the current leader in the promote_new_leader function. Probably lack of imagination and/or experience on my part, but having the thread id sure made it easier. "William E. Kempf" To: Subject: Re: [Boost-Users] Re: Thread library: get thread id 12/16/2002 01:20 PM Please respond to Boost-Users olivier_debels said:

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olivier_debels said:

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I'm using boost_1_29_0 and need to get the id of the current

thread.

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Why?

I have several threads which pop messages from the queue. I want to keep track of what each thread pops (depending on some rules) without adding an extra parameter (threadId) in the pop-function.

I don't follow this.

By this way threads just call the pop-function (they don't know anything about the internal cooking of the queue). They get a message, which fulfills the rules (one of the rules is f.e. that no two threads can handle the same message at the same time).

How does a thread id figure into this? What little of this description I understand gives no need for a thread id. William E. Kempf Info: http://www.boost.org Wiki: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl Unsubscribe: mailto:boost-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/