Gecode::Support::Thread Class Reference
[Simple thread and synchronization support]

Simple threads. More...

#include <thread.hpp>

List of all members.

Classes
class	Run
	A real thread. More...
Static Public Member Functions
static void	run (Runnable *r)
	Construct a new thread and run r.
static void	sleep (unsigned int ms)
	Put current thread to sleep for ms milliseconds.
static unsigned int	npu (void)
	Return number of processing units (1 if information not available).
Static Public Attributes
static Mutex	m
	Mutex for synchronization.
static Run *	idle = NULL
	Idle runners.

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Detailed Description

Simple threads.

Threads cannot be created, only runnable objects can be submitted for execution by a thread. Threads are pooled to avoid creation/destruction of threads as much as possible.

Definition at line 208 of file thread.hpp.

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Member Function Documentation

void Gecode::Support::Thread::run

(

Runnable *

r

)

[inline, static]

Construct a new thread and run r.

After r terminates, r is deleted. After that, the thread terminates.

If the operatins system does not support any threads, throws an exception of type Support::OperatingSystemError.

Definition at line 92 of file thread.hpp.

void Gecode::Support::Thread::sleep

(

unsigned int

ms

)

[inline, static]

Put current thread to sleep for ms milliseconds.

Definition at line 78 of file none.hpp.

unsigned int Gecode::Support::Thread::npu

(

void

)

[inline, static]

Return number of processing units (1 if information not available).

Definition at line 80 of file none.hpp.

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Member Data Documentation

Mutex Gecode::Support::Thread::m [static]

Mutex for synchronization.

Definition at line 233 of file thread.hpp.

Thread::Run * Gecode::Support::Thread::idle = NULL [static]

Idle runners.

Definition at line 235 of file thread.hpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• gecode/support/thread.hpp (Revision: 10939)
• gecode/support/thread/none.hpp (Revision: 12399)
• gecode/support/thread/pthreads.hpp (Revision: 11968)
• gecode/support/thread/thread.cpp (Revision: 9887)
• gecode/support/thread/thread.hpp (Revision: 9919)
• gecode/support/thread/windows.hpp (Revision: 9882)