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<p>Represents a running thread.
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<tr class="memitem:ad68ccd7d8209913f09f742aef95758e1"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Threads_1_1Thread.html#ad68ccd7d8209913f09f742aef95758e1">join</a> ()</td></tr>
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<div class="textblock"><p>Represents a running thread. </p>
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<dl class="section note"><dt>Note</dt><dd>g_thread_exit() is not wrapped, because that function exits a thread without any cleanup. That's especially dangerous in C++ code, since the destructors of automatic objects won't be invoked. Instead, you can throw a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Threads_1_1Thread_1_1Exit.html" title="Exception class used to exit from a thread. ">Threads::Thread::Exit</a> exception, which will be caught by the internal thread entry function.</dd>
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<p>Creates a new thread. </p>
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<p>The new thread executes the function or method <em>slot</em> points to. You can pass additional arguments using <a class="elRef" href="../../../libsigc++-2.0/reference/html/group__bind.html#ga2f099bc6056b32f2a58134ba8537c6f4">sigc::bind()</a>. If the thread was created successfully, it is returned, otherwise a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Threads_1_1ThreadError.html" title="Exception class for thread-related errors. ">Threads::ThreadError</a> exception is thrown.</p>
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<p>Creates a new named thread. </p>
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<p>The new thread executes the function or method <em>slot</em> points to. You can pass additional arguments using <a class="elRef" href="../../../libsigc++-2.0/reference/html/group__bind.html#ga2f099bc6056b32f2a58134ba8537c6f4">sigc::bind()</a>. If the thread was created successfully, it is returned, otherwise a <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Threads_1_1ThreadError.html" title="Exception class for thread-related errors. ">Threads::ThreadError</a> exception is thrown.</p>
<p>Because <a class="elRef" href="../../../libsigc++-2.0/reference/html/structsigc_1_1trackable.html">sigc::trackable</a> is not thread-safe, if the slot represents a non-static class method and is created by <a class="elRef" href="../../../libsigc++-2.0/reference/html/group__mem__fun.html#gadf6b6d22c503b439019f0a2e77352419">sigc::mem_fun()</a>, the class concerned should not derive from <a class="elRef" href="../../../libsigc++-2.0/reference/html/structsigc_1_1trackable.html">sigc::trackable</a>. You can use, say, boost::bind() or, in C++11, <a class="elRef" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a01513.html#ga7b2eddb726568256e49824ad01a05099">std::bind()</a> or a C++11 lambda expression instead of <a class="elRef" href="../../../libsigc++-2.0/reference/html/group__mem__fun.html#gadf6b6d22c503b439019f0a2e77352419">sigc::mem_fun()</a>.</p>
<p>The <em>name</em> can be useful for discriminating threads in a debugger. It is not used for other purposes and does not have to be unique. Some systems restrict the length of <em>name</em> to 16 bytes.</p>
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<p>Waits until the thread finishes. </p>
<p>Waits until the thread finishes, i.e. the slot, as given to <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Threads_1_1Thread.html#ad89d142f0a9fd02d476dbed49dd17b85" title="Creates a new thread. ">create()</a>, returns or g_thread_exit() is called by the thread. (Calling g_thread_exit() in a C++ program should be avoided.) All resources of the thread including the <a class="el" href="classGlib_1_1Threads_1_1Thread.html" title="Represents a running thread. ">Glib::Threads::Thread</a> object are released. </p>
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<p>Returns the Thread* corresponding to the calling thread. </p>
<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>The current thread. </dd></dl>
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<p>Gives way to other threads waiting to be scheduled. </p>
<p>This function is often used as a method to make busy wait less evil. But in most cases, you will encounter, there are better methods to do that. So in general you shouldn't use this function. </p>
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