OpenThreads Example Code

I had a hard time finding OpenThreads sample code. OpenThreads provides a cross platform threading library that supports Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. It seems most people suggest looking at OpenSceneGraph, but that’s not really a basic example. In the spirit of uncommon code, here is a minimal OpenThreads example:

#include <OpenThreads/Thread> class Thread : public OpenThreads::Thread { public: Thread() : OpenThreads::Thread() { // initializer code here } virtual void run() { // thread code here } }; int main() { Thread *thread = new Thread(); thread->start(); return 0; }

OpenThreads also provides a yield function and sleep function, OpenThreads::Thread::YieldCurrentThread(); and OpenThreads::Thread::microSleep(int milliseconds); respectively. In addition, OpenThreads allows scheduling process affinity. The source for Thread can be found in OpenSceneGraph.